This week alone, funerals are planned for 11 children and teacher Irma Garcia.
On Monday, some mourners at Amerie’s visitation wore lilac or lavender shades of purple — Amerie’s favorites — at the request of her father, Angel Garza. Many carried in flowers, including purple ones.
Maite's family wore green tie-dye shirts with an illustration showing Maite with angel wings. Before going into the funeral home, they stopped at the ditch to see the metal gate gunman Salvador Ramos crashed a pickup truck into before crossing a field and entering the school.Questions and confusion still surround the police response to a mass shooting inside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
Ellie's older sister is doing OK, Arizmendi said, understanding their family and others face a long road to recovery.A mass shooting is defined as resulting in the death of four or more people, not including the perpetrator. Since 1999′s Columbine High School massacre, 169 people have died in 14 events connected to U.S. schools and colleges.
“What happened in Uvalde was a horrific act of evil,” Abbot said. “And as Texans, we must come together and lift up Uvalde and support them in every way that we possibly can. It is going to take time to heal the devastation that the families there have gone through and are going through, But be assured, we will not relent until Uvalde recovers.”
Rep. Mike Thompson of California chairs the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force. He joins LX News to discuss the battle over gun legislation in wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. A day after visiting Uvalde and pledging, “We will,” in response to people chanting, “Do something," President Joe Biden on Monday expressed some optimism that there may be some bipartisan support to tighten restrictions on the kind of high-powered weapons used by the gunman.
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