Uvalde Shooting

The Justice Department's critical incident review comes more than a year and a half after the gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin demanded that District Attorney Christina Mitchell resign over her handling of the Robb Elementary School shooting investigation.

Nathan James Cruz, 17, was arrested on charges of making a terroristic threat and making a terroristic threat against his family. His mother reported his statements to police.

Both adults and children have lost faith that law enforcement can or will protect them.

“I’m angry, and I’m not going to give up,” Nikki Cross, the mother of 10-year-old Uvalde shooting victim Uziyah, recently told a group of gun control advocates.

The families of the shooting at Robb Elementary have said that if laws around who can purchase assault weapons had been different, the shooting could have been prevented.

The bill was passed out of committee 8-5. Two Republicans, Reps. Sam Harless of Spring and Justin Holland of Rockwall, voted with Democrats on the measure.

The monument would be placed at the state Capitol complex pending approval by the Texas Legislature.

The author of a bill to raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic gun said he would have voted “no” to a similar bill last session. The shooting in Uvalde changed his mind.

The group called for changes to the state’s gun laws, like increasing the minimum age to purchase a semi-automatic weapon, along with the implementation of so-called “red flag” laws.