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EXPLAINER: Social media and the Texas shooter's messages

Could Facebook have known about ominous direct-message threats made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school

The Independent UK

What is the latest known about the Texas primary school mass shooting?

After an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 primary school students and two teachers, Democrat gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke confronts Republican Governor Greg Abbott about gun law reforms and the shooter's social media activity before the killings is uncovered.

ABC News

Uvalde teachers killed protecting students in Texas mass shooting, as Governor reveals gunman's earlier social media comments

Police tell relatives that Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles died protecting their students from the gunman who burst into their classroom, barricaded the doors and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle.

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Beto O’Rourke interrupts news conference, tells Texas governor: ‘This is on you!’

UVALDE, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was confronted by political rival and former U.S. Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke at a Wednesday news briefing, where officials gave details about the mass shooting at a local elementary school in Uvalde. Three adults — including the gunman — and 19 students were…

Los Angeles Times

Timeline of Texas school shooting: 126 minutes of terror

A clearer timeline is emerging of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Los Angeles Times

Texas Governor Greg Abbott tries to blame ‘mental health’ not guns for Uvalde AR-15 shooting

Texas has some of most lenient gun laws in country

The Independent UK

Morning mail: US reeling after mass shooting, France’s ‘huge hopes’, Miiesha finds her voice

Thursday: ‘You are all doing nothing,’ Texas governor told after worst attack on a school since Sandy Hook. Plus: what’s the deal with vitamin D?

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Timeline of what happened in the Texas school shooting

By Tuesday evening, 21 people had been killed in the mass shooting

The Independent UK

Trump, Cruz scheduled to address NRA forum after Texas shooting

The powerful National Rifle Association’s annual convention is scheduled to be held across three days in Houston, Texas.

Al Jazeera

Salvador Ramos shot grandmother in face after ‘fighting over graduation’ before school attack

Gov Greg Abbott said Tuesday that Ramos sent Facebook messages threatening to shoot both his grandmother and an elementary school

The Independent UK

Abbott fundraises after Uvalde shooting

Abbott is also scheduled to address an NRA event on Friday

Salon

Afternoon Edition: May 25, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

GOP erupts after Beto cuts off Abbott

“You said this was not predictable, this was totally predictable, and you choose not to do anything"

Salon

Texas school shooter warned on Facebook that he was going to shoot up a school 30 minutes before massacre

Salvador Ramos updated his Facebook friends on his day as he shot his grandmother, then killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school, police said Wednesday.

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Daily Mirror

Mum of Texas school shooter who massacred 19 kids says he 'wasn't a violent person'

Adriana Reyes said her son Salvador Ramos was a loner but insisted that he was not a violent person following the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Chicago Sun-Times

Pritzker, Lightfoot, other local Democrats rip Texas governor for injecting Chicago into school shooting debate

“I hate to say this, there are more people that are shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted, “Shame on you.” Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) tweeted that the Republican governor was an “@sshole” and should” keep…

Los Angeles Times

Texas gunman: ‘I’m going to shoot an elementary school’

UVALDE, Texas — A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in one of the deadliest school massacres in U.S. history posted his intentions before barricading himself inside a fourth-grade classroom, where all the fatalities and injuries occurred, state and federal officials said Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Texas gunman sent Facebook messages that he was ‘going to shoot an elementary school’ minutes before attack

Suspect killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School after shooting grandmother

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Al Jazeera

‘Complete evil’: New details of deadly Texas shooting released

Gunman barricaded himself in classroom at Uvalde primary school and shot ‘anyone in his way’, Texas official says.

The Guardian - US

‘This is on you’: Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas governor over mass shooting

Democratic gubernatorial candidate confronts Republican Greg Abbott during press conference, saying: ‘You are doing nothing’

The Independent UK

Texas shooting: Teenage gunman posted ‘lil secret’ Instagram message before shooting 21 people dead

Salvador Ramos told woman ‘I’m about to’ as he hinted at attack just hours earlier

ABC News

What are the gun laws in Texas? Recent changes have made it even easier to carry a handgun in public

Texas has some of the loosest gun laws in the United States. Governor Greg Abbott last year signed into law several pieces of legislation to further ease restrictions, including making it easier to carry a handgun in public.

Axios

Beto O'Rourke interrupts Texas Gov. Abbott's press conference: "You're offering us nothing"

O'Rourke is challenging Abbott for the governorship and has been highly critical of the incumbent's support of gun rights.

The Independent UK

Texas gunman posted on Facebook that he was ‘going to shoot an elementary school’ minutes before attack

Suspect killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School after shooting grandmother

The Independent UK

Beto O’Rourke thrown out of Texas shooting press conference after shouting down speakers

Mr O’Rourke told Mr Abbott that the shooting was ‘on him’ and ‘totally predictable’

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