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{{Infobox civilian attack
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| injuries = 21 (18 directly, including the perpetrator's grandmother at her home,<ref name="KSATInfo" /> 3 minor injuries in conflicts with police<ref>{{Cite web |last=Derysh |first=Igor |date=2022-05-27 |title=Texas cops' claims unravel: Police didn't "engage" Uvalde shooter — but they cuffed scared parents |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/05/27/texas-cops-claims-unravel-police-didnt-engage-uvalde-shooter--but-they-cuffed-scared-parents/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |work=Salon |language=en |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218004541/https://www.salon.com/2022/05/27/texas-cops-claims-unravel-police-didnt-engage-uvalde-shooter--but-they-cuffed-scared-parents/ |url-status=live }}</ref>)
| perpetrator = Salvador Rolando Ramos<ref name="WaPoShooter"/>
| accused = '''Responding police officers:'''<br/>Pedro Arredondo<br/>Adrian Gonzales
| charges = Felony [[Child endangerment|abandoning or endangering a child]] (10 counts for Arredondo; 29 for Gonzales)
| convictions = 15-year-old convicted of [[Criminal negligence|neglecting to report planned crimes]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-25 |title= German teenager who knew of Uvalde gunman's plans minutes before attack found guilty |url= https://cbsaustin.com/amp/news/local/teenage-girl-who-knew-of-uvalde-gunmans-plans-minutes-before-attack-found-guilty-texas-students-teachers-school-bullets-text-messages/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=CBS Austin |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
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The '''Uvalde school shooting'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=ProPublica |first=Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune, and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and |date=2024-01-18 |title="Cascading failures": Justice Department blasts law enforcement's botched response to Uvalde school shooting |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/18/uvalde-school-shooting-federal-investigation-police-response/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119025234/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/18/uvalde-school-shooting-federal-investigation-police-response/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='Failure': DOJ's scathing Uvalde school shooting report criticizes law enforcement response |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/18/uvalde-school-shooting-report-released-justice-department/72267666007/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119025234/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/18/uvalde-school-shooting-report-released-justice-department/72267666007/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=By |date=2024-01-18 |title=Read the Justice Department Report on the Uvalde School Shooting Response |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/18/us/doj-uvalde-shooting-report.html |access-date=2024-01-19 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119025234/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/18/us/doj-uvalde-shooting-report.html |url-status=live }}</ref> was a [[Mass shootings in the United States|mass shooting]] that occurred on May 24, 2022, at [[Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District|Robb Elementary School]] in [[Uvalde, Texas]], United States, when 18-year-old Salvador Ramos,<ref name=NYPOST-bullying/><ref name=PBS-bullying/> a former student at the school, fatally shot 19 students and two2 teachers, while 17 others were injured but survived. After shooting and severely wounding his grandmother at their home earlier that day,<ref name="TheIndependentGrandmother" /> Ramos drove to and entered the school, remaining for more than an hour in the classrooms where he shot his victims before members of the [[BORTAC|United States Border Patrol Tactical Unit]] fatally shot him, after bypassing numerous local and state officers who had been in the school's hallways for over an hour.<ref name="NewYorkerSandy" /><ref name="APDeadliestTexas" />
 
After shooting and wounding his grandmother at their home, Ramos drove to and entered the school, remaining in the classrooms where he shot his victims before members of the [[BORTAC|United States Border Patrol Tactical Unit]] shot him, after he had bypassed local and state officers who had been in the hallways.<ref name="NewYorkerSandy" /> Police officers waited more than 1 hour and 14 minutes on-site before breaching the classroom to engage him.<ref name="TNYTimes78LongMinutes" /> Police cordoned off the school grounds, resulting in violent conflicts between police and civilians, including parents, who were attempting to enter the school to rescue children. As a consequence, law enforcement officials in Uvalde were criticized for their response, and their conduct was reviewed in separate investigations by the [[Texas Ranger Division]] and [[United States Department of Justice]].
Police officers waited more than 1 hour and 14 minutes on-site before breaching the classroom to engage the shooter.<ref name="TNYTimes78LongMinutes" /> Police also cordoned off the school grounds, resulting in violent conflicts between police and civilians, including parents, who were attempting to enter the school to rescue children.<ref name="TNYTimesParents" /><ref name="ReasonHandcuffed" /><ref name="TWSJTime" /> As a consequence, law enforcement officials in Uvalde have been heavily criticized for their response to the shooting,<ref name="TheInterceptCops" /> and their conduct is being reviewed in separate investigations by the [[Texas Ranger Division]] and the [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref name="TNYTimesPreparations" /> [[Texas Department of Public Safety]] (DPS) officials laid much of the responsibility for the police response on [[Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department]] (UCISD PD) Chief Pedro Arredondo, who they identified as the incident commander. Arredondo disputed the characterization of his role as incident commander, but was later fired by the Uvalde school board for his actions during the shooting. A report conducted by the [[Texas House of Representatives]] Investigative Committee attributed the fault more widely to "systemic failures and egregious poor decision making" by many authorities. The report said, "At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety... there was an unacceptably long period of time before officers breached the classroom, neutralized the attacker, and began rescue efforts."<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last1=Burrows |first1=Dustin |last2=Moody |first2=Joe |last3=Guzman |first3=Eva |title=HOUSE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE ON THE ROBB ELEMENTARY SHOOTING TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERIM REPORT 2022 |url=https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/reports/87interim/Robb-Elementary-Investigative-Committee-Report.pdf |website=Texas House of Representatives |access-date=18 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718014019/https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/reports/87interim/Robb-Elementary-Investigative-Committee-Report.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |page=77 |date=July 17, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burrows |first1=Dustin |last2=Moody |first2=Joe |last3=Guzman |first3=Eva |title=Uvalde Shooting Report Undermines Calls To Ban Guns and 'Back the Blue' |url=https://reason.com/2022/07/18/uvalde-shooting-report-undermines-calls-to-ban-guns-and-back-the-blue/ |date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719165149/https://reason.com/2022/07/18/uvalde-shooting-report-undermines-calls-to-ban-guns-and-back-the-blue/ |url-status=live }}</ref>▼
 
▲Police officers waited more than 1 hour and 14 minutes on-site before breaching the classroom to engage the shooter.<ref name="TNYTimes78LongMinutes" /> Police also cordoned off the school grounds, resulting in violent conflicts between police and civilians, including parents, who were attempting to enter the school to rescue children.<ref name="TNYTimesParents" /><ref name="ReasonHandcuffed" /><ref name="TWSJTime" /> As a consequence, law enforcement officials in Uvalde have been heavily criticized for their response to the shooting,<ref name="TheInterceptCops" /> and their conduct is being reviewed in separate investigations by the [[Texas Ranger Division]] and the [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref name="TNYTimesPreparations" /> [[Texas Department of Public Safety]] (DPS) officials laid much of the responsibility for the police response on [[Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department]] (UCISD PD) Chief Pedro Arredondo, who they identified as the incident commander. Arredondo disputed the characterization of his role as incident commander, but was later fired by the Uvalde school board for his actions during the shooting. A report conducted by the [[Texas House of Representatives]] Investigative Committee attributed the fault more widely to "systemic failures and egregious poor decision making" by many authorities. The reportIt said, "At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety... there was an unacceptably long period of time before officers breached the classroom, neutralized the attacker, and began rescue efforts."<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last1=Burrows |first1=Dustin |last2=Moody |first2=Joe |last3=Guzman |first3=Eva |title=HOUSE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE ON THE ROBB ELEMENTARY SHOOTING TEXAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INTERIM REPORT 2022 |url=https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/reports/87interim/Robb-Elementary-Investigative-Committee-Report.pdf |website=Texas House of Representatives |access-date=18 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718014019/https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/reports/87interim/Robb-Elementary-Investigative-Committee-Report.pdf |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |page=77 |date=July 17, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Burrows |first1=Dustin |last2=Moody |first2=Joe |last3=Guzman |first3=Eva |title=Uvalde Shooting Report Undermines Calls To Ban Guns and 'Back the Blue' |url=https://reason.com/2022/07/18/uvalde-shooting-report-undermines-calls-to-ban-guns-and-back-the-blue/ |date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719165149/https://reason.com/2022/07/18/uvalde-shooting-report-undermines-calls-to-ban-guns-and-back-the-blue/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Shortly after the shooting, local and state officials gave inaccurate reports of the timeline of events and exaggerated police actions.<ref name="TexasTribuneHour" /> The Texas Department of Public Safety acknowledged it was an error for law enforcement to delay an assault on Ramos' position in the student-filled classrooms, attributing this to the school district police chief's assessment of the situation as one with a "[[barricaded subject]]", instead of an "[[active shooter]]".<ref name="Statesman5Minutes" /> Law enforcement was aware there were injured individuals in the school before they made their entrance.<ref name="TNYTimesInjuriesAware" /> In June 2024, two officers were criminally indicted for allegedly mishandling the response to the shooting.<ref name="Plohetski">{{Cite web |last=Plohetski |first=Tony |title=Uvalde grand jury indicts officers tied to botched shooting police response |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2024/06/27/uvalde-grand-jury-mass-shooting-issues-indictments-officers-botched-police-response/74205275007/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Salhotra">{{Cite web |last=Salhotra |first=By Pooja |date=2024-06-27 |title=Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/27/texas-uvalde-school-shooting-police-chief-arredondo-indictment/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
Shortly after the shooting, local and state officials gave inaccurate reports of the timeline of events and exaggerated police actions.<ref name="TexasTribuneHour" /> The Texas Department of Public Safety acknowledged that it was an error for law enforcement to delay an assault on Ramos' position in the student-filled classrooms, attributing this to the school district police chief's assessment of the situation as one with a "[[barricaded subject]]" instead of an "[[active shooter]]".<ref name="Statesman5Minutes" /><ref name="NPRBarricaded" /> Law enforcement was also aware there were injured individuals in the school before they made their entrance.<ref name="TNYTimesInjuriesAware" /><ref name="CNNPoliceWasAware" />
 
Following the shooting, which occurred 10 days after the [[2022 Buffalo shooting]],<ref name="VoxWhatWeKnow" /> wider discussions ensued about [[American gun culture]] and violence, [[Gridlock (politics)|gridlock in politics]],<ref name="APCongress" /> and law enforcement's failure to halt or intervene during the attack. Around aA month after the shooting, Congress passed the [[Bipartisan Safer Communities Act]] and President [[Joe Biden]] signed the billit into law; it was the most significant federal gun reform legislation since the [[Federal Assault Weapons Ban]] of 1994.<ref>{{cite web |last=Train |first=Rob |date=2022-06-25 |title=Will the recently passed Bipartisan Safer Communities Act help limit access to guns? |url=https://en.as.com/latest_news/will-the-recently-passed-bipartisan-safer-communities-act-help-limit-access-to-guns-n/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Diario AS |language=en |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102234237/https://en.as.com/latest_news/will-the-recently-passed-bipartisan-safer-communities-act-help-limit-access-to-guns-n/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
FollowingAfter the shooting, Robb Elementary was closed. The district plans to demolish the buildingit and build a replacement.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/29/1108487919/uvalde-texas-robb-elementary-school-shooting-demolished-rebuilt | title=The school at the center of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting will be rebuilt | website=[[NPR]] | date=June 29, 2022 | last1=Archie | first1=Ayana | accessdate=November 3, 2022 | archive-date=November 3, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103053556/https://www.npr.org/2022/06/29/1108487919/uvalde-texas-robb-elementary-school-shooting-demolished-rebuilt | url-status=live }}</ref> On June 25, 2024, two police officers were criminally indicted for allegedly mishandling the response to the shooting.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Plohetski">{{Cite web |last=Plohetski |first=Tony |title=Uvalde grand jury indicts officers tied to botched shooting police response |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2024/06/27/uvalde-grand-jury-mass-shooting-issues-indictments-officers-botched-police-response/74205275007/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Salhotra">{{Cite web |last=Salhotra |first=By Pooja |date=2024-06-27 |title=Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/06/27/texas-uvalde-school-shooting-police-chief-arredondo-indictment/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
 
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