Revelations that the Texas school shooter was inside the building for an hour confounds experts and parents, and a grieving husband dies days after his wife died protecting her students. Plus, a daytime TV staple says goodbye.
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The revelation that the Texas school shooting lasted an hour confounds experts and parents, and a grieving husband has died days after his wife was killed while protecting her students. Here's what we're watching this Friday morning. |
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Police officers stand near a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images) Most "active shooter" attacks in America end within five minutes. The attack on Uvalde schoolchildren lasted an hour. That is how long police waited for backup on Tuesday instead of moving on the gunman, who sprayed classrooms with bullets, leaving 19 children and 2 teachers dead. That revelation, which a Texas law enforcement official provided Thursday, has enraged parents who wonder whether a quicker response could have saved lives. It has also confounded experts who say the delay deviates from standard police practice, which says officers should do whatever they can, as fast as they can, to stop a shooter's assault. Follow NBC News Now for all the latest developments. - Officials said Thursday that the gunman entered Robb Elementary School unobstructed and started shooting, contrary to information released earlier this week.
- Joe Garcia, the grieving husband of a teacher killed in the shooting, has died, his family said. Doctors described his death as a potential example of "broken heart syndrome."
- Mitch McConnell said he has encouraged Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to discuss the possibility of bipartisan action to address mass shootings.
- A San Antonio surgeon describes the "lifetime impact" of responding to not one but two Texas mass shootings.
- The maker of the rifle used by the gunman is drawing fury for its "incendiary" ads, including one depicting a toddler holding a firearm.
- Uvalde, a community of deep Latino roots, is now further bound by grief.
- The U.K. also has a problem with radicalization, but not shootings. The difference lies in gun access.
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| Thousands of gun owners, throngs of protesters and some prominent Republican politicians are expected in Houston for the National Rifle Association's annual meeting Friday. But Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday evening he will skip the convention and instead return to Uvalde. |
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| Although Ukraine pushed Russian forces back from Kharkiv earlier this month, Russian troops are holding on in the north and are still close enough to continue shelling the outskirts, terrorizing residents. |
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| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified nine cases of monkeypox across seven U.S. states, officials said Thursday: in California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Virginia and Washington. |
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| Ray Liotta, the actor best known for portraying mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" and bringing magnetically edgy energy to a gallery of crime dramas and thrillers, died in his sleep. |
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| A seven-person jury in Virginia's Fairfax County Circuit Court could begin deliberating as soon as Friday. Here's a look at some of the major allegations and key evidence, evaluated by some legal experts. |
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"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" has come to an end, wrapping a 19-season run on Thursday. Jennifer Aniston, the show's first-ever guest, was the last celebrity to join the show, alongside performers Pink and Billie Eilish. "Very few stations wanted to buy the show, and here we are 20 years later celebrating this amazing journey together," DeGeneres said during the show's opening. "When we first started the show I couldn't say gay." Read the full story and see highlights from the finale here. |
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