Less than 24 hours after a jury in Austin, Texas, convicted an Army sergeant of murder, the state’s governor said he wants to pardon him.
Author: Tony Plohetski, Austin American-Statesman
Cost of the Uvalde delay: Austin doctor leading expert team to analyze victim survival chances
Uvalde responders are haunted by the unthinkable: Could a faster police response have made a difference for any of the victims?
Exclusive video from inside Uvalde school shows officers’ delayed response to mass shooting
A 77-minute surveillance video shows in excruciating detail how dozens of officers waited to enter the classrooms at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.
Uvalde video offers clearest view of police response — but will it be released?
A 77-minute video from a hallway camera in Robb Elementary is at the center of debate over what information to release after the Uvalde mass shooting.
19 Austin police officers charged for handling of 2020 George Floyd protests, union president says
The Texas grand jury’s indictment is expected to ignite immediate controversy and place new attention on police operations during the 2020 protests.
Texas rejected pleas for additional nurses, assistance. Then the COVID-19 surge hit.
Texas’ policies on supplying nurses has flipped recently, even as a lack of staffing became far more critical than at any other point in the pandemic.
‘It was very intense’: Austin entertainment district shooting leaves 1 dead, 13 injured; authorities arrest suspect
A tourist from New York who was one of the 14 victims of the Austin, Texas, shooting who received critical injuries has died, officials said Sunday.
‘People were freaking out’: 14 injured in shooting in downtown Austin’s entertainment district
Fourteen people were shot Saturday in downtown Austin in a chaotic scene that left police officers taking wounded to the hospital in police cars.
How a Texas sheriff’s department used a SWAT team to make ‘Live PD’ more dramatic
The highly weaponized arrest came hours after the suspect sat in a courtroom where deputies had opportunity to take him into custody without fanfare.
Fight over DNA in Texas cold case highlights pros, cons of so-called familial searching
A forensic match could close an unsolved murder, but the FBI won’t help.