“Look at the pictures of these children and remember our better angels.” “I pray that in all of our differences, we aspire to our better angels, perhaps remember those moments when we were little,” Gutierrez said. Roland Gutierrez, a Democrat who represents Uvalde, read the names of the 21 victims who were murdered as the entire chamber paused in remembrance.Įach victim was memorialized with a speech, describing who they were and the loved ones they left behind. In Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by state Sen. It also accused police of failing “to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety.” The findings laid out how heavily armed officers waited more than an hour to confront and kill the 18-year-old gunman. It was the worst shooting in a school since 2012, when 20 children between 6 and 7 years old and six adults were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.Ī damning report by Texas lawmakers found nearly 400 officers had been on the scene, from an array of federal, state and local agencies. An investigation is still ongoing into how the days after the attack were marred by authorities giving inaccurate and conflicting accounts about efforts made to stop a teenage gunman armed with an AR-style rifle. And Uvalde is still managing the fallout from the botched emergency response to the shooting. Those laws haven’t stopped mass shootings or gun deaths of children. “We did something afterwards, but not nearly enough.” For God’s sake, just do something,” Biden said. And in each place, we hear the same message: Do something. “Too many schools, too many everyday places have become killing fields in communities across America.
“Remembering is important, but it’s also painful.” “I realize this is a really tough day for all the families,” Biden said quietly. Before the president spoke, he and first lady Jill Biden, who is a teacher, stopped to look at the names of the dead. All the students killed were between the ages of 9 and 11 years old. CDT, the moment the shooter entered Robb Elementary School last year, touching off the nation’s deadliest school shooting in a decade.īiden delivered remarks in front of a display with 21 candles, one for each victim, with a white rose and satin ribbons in school colors that displayed each victim’s name and age. The Texas legislature paused for a few moments of silence at 11:30 a.m. The town released butterflies during a ceremony and held a candlelight vigil.
WASHINGTON (AP) - As families and loved ones mourned the unimaginable loss of 19 children and two teachers shot dead last year in Uvalde, Texas, President Joe Biden said from a solemn White House memorial Wednesday that too many schools, too many everyday places have become “killing fields.”
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