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Recently released video appears to capture a 911 dispatcher alerting law enforcement that emergency operators were receiving desperate calls from schoolchildren reporting that their classroom was "full of victims" after a gunman opened fire inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. A recording of the call obtained by ABC News – in a video filmed outside the school – reportedly took place at 12.13pm on 24 May, when officers had surrounded the building and waited inside a hallway, raising more questions about law enforcement's delayed response, and whether their inaction led to more bloodshed. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed in the massacre. "Child is advising he is in the room, full of victims," the dispatcher can be heard saying in the video. "Full of victims at this moment … Is anybody inside of the building?" Police officers responded to the scene within four minutes after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered the building at roughly 11.33am. But officers waited more than an hour to enter the school, until shortly after 1pm, when a sharpshooter with the United States Border Patrol tactical team fatally shot the gunman. |
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| Funeral for Amerie Jo Garza, 10, will be held Tuesday – the first of 21 – exactly one week after massacre |
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| 'The biggest change for me is that I'm happy and sophomore year where I had my best times competing with men, I was miserable' |
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| Mr Pelosi was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence |
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| The not guilty verdict is a significant blow to Special Counsel John Durham, who was tasked with undermining a previous investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign's ties to the Russian government |
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How many Americans have been killed in mass shootings since last week's atrocity in Uvalde? |
On Tuesday last week, teenage gunman Salvador Ramos burst into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, barricaded himself inside a classroom and killed 19 students, all aged between nine and 10, as well as two teachers, before law enforcement finally broke in and shot him dead. The horrific incident, happening days before the National Rifle Association's annual conference in Houston, has reignited the debate about gun control in the only country in the world in which such atrocities regularly occur, with optimism about real change still low given the power of the nation's gun lobby to influence right-wing politicians. Just seven days on, a Michigan mother and her three young children, a woman celebrating Memorial Day at a festival in Oklahoma and a man enjoying a house party in California all find themselves added to the list of people killed or wounded by gunfire in America. |
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"Do not turn around. Don't take your eyes off the animal. Don't run."" |
– Staci Lehman, a spokesperson for the Fish and Wildlife Service, offers advice after a nine-year-old girl survived an encounter with a cougar — and potentially saved her friends. |
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