Now to the tragedy. In Uvalde,
it's been a heartbreaking.
3 days in this story is still unfolding
and we want to walk you through the
latest news and talk about what's next.
We've learned President Biden in the
first lady will be in Uvalda to meet with
and console the community on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Governor Abbott will
provide another update from Uvalda.
He'd been scheduled to speak
here at the NRA convention,
but he changed those plans last
night and there are major protests.
Scheduled for today during the Convention,
we're going to talk about that coming up.
But first this morning we're learning
more about one of the victims who
survived their encounter with the shooter.
We're talking about the
gunman's own grandmother,
who was shot in the head right before
the massacre prior to the shooting.
The suspect sent a text to a
girl overseas that he was going
to kill his grandmother over an
argument they've been having,
and moments later,
he posted that he had shot her.
She was taken to a hospital in San Antonio,
where she is now. Covering
this morning, we're also getting a new
timeline from authorities as questions
remain about the contradictions in the
details of how Tuesday's shooting unfolded.
We want to walk you through this
latest explanation of events.
The new timeline starts at 11:28 AM.
That's when Texas DPS says the shooter,
Salvador Ramos crashed his truck near Rob
Elementary after shooting his grandmother.
GPS says he shot at two people,
then fired shots at the school itself
before approaching the building.
At 11:40 the shooter entered the school,
but he went unchallenged,
apparently through an unlocked door.
Now that's a big change in
the story from authorities.
Initially, they said he was quote
engaged by a school resource officer
before he got into the school.
And now they say the first officers
didn't arrive to the scene until 1144.
Four minutes after Ramos went
inside the school,
those officers reportedly came
under fire and took cover.
DPS says at least seven officers
entered the school.
They began evacuations and tried
negotiations with the suspect.
This is when DPS says the shooter was
quote contained in the classroom,
but it wasn't until 12:40,
nearly an hour later when we're told a
Border Patrol tactical team shot and killed.
Ramos,
and by then he'd already killed 19 students
and two teachers in that classroom.
This morning our team
continues to cover this story.
Stephanie Whitfield is here in
Houston for the protest plan
today and Janelle Gluta is live
in Uvalde this morning. Janelle we
will start with you.
Good morning guys.
Well this growing memorial here behind
me has become a place where family,
friends, even complete strangers
can come to grieve together.
As you can see, 21 white crosses surround
this fountain in the middle of town.
They're covered in flowers,
candles, toys and stuffed animals.
Each has a name on it and you can
see people have written messages
on the crosses to those who died.
And as if this shooting couldn't
get any worse yesterday,
we learned that the husband of Irma Garcia,
one of the teachers.
Killed in the school shooting has died.
This is video of her husband.
48 year old Joe Garcia.
He was out at the elementary
school just yesterday morning,
dropping off flowers for his wife's
cross at the memorial there.
Only hours later his family tells
us he died of a heart attack.
Relatives called Irma a kind soul and
say Joe worked at the supermarket
saying he always had a smile for you.
They believe his death is due to grief.
Kind of been shocked at the whole thing. It's
too much to take for anybody.
This is just adding
insult to injury.
If you can word it like that.
Well, Talavera says he knows
Irma Garcia was doing everything
she could to protect the babies.
He says she died trying to save them.
Now the couple leaves behind four kids
who in just three days lost their
mother and now their father guys.
Such a heartbreaking story.
Janelle blew it alive for us and uvalda.
Thank you. Our
live team coverage continues now with
Stephanie Whitfield here in Houston.
Stephanie a lot happening here today.
In response to the shooting and
to the annual. NRA convention
that will begin this morning.
That's right, it's set to be a very busy
morning here at City Hall where there's
a big event scheduled later today.
And of course, there's so much
happening at the George R.
Brown Convention Center.
We have a live picture up right now.
We know at least three groups are
going to be gathering there today.
Now there are events and protests
happening throughout the day.
They include protests,
a gathering of faith leaders,
and a rally at noon at Discovery Green's
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto.
O'Rourke plans to be at that rally,
to quote hold the NRA and the politicians.
To purchase accountable last night,
Mayor Sylvester Turner responded
to calls to cancel the convention,
saying this is a contracted event
that's been in place for two years.
Were plans and have already been made,
you just can't cancel that convention.
Despite public pressure to cancel,
it's not entirely surprising the NRA
is proceeding with plans 23 years ago,
nearly the exact same thing happened in
Colorado one month after the mass shooting
at Columbine High School shocked America.
The NRA held its convention in Denver
despite calls to cancel that event.
Now back out here,
Live City Hall was set up last night
to honor those killed in Uvalde.
There will no doubt be a lot of tension in
downtown Houston today after an emotional.
Week for the whole state and
country back to you. Stephanie
Whitfield. Live for us this morning.
Thank you. And while the
Convention only lasts one weekend,
the NRA also has its eye set on
the Lone Star State permanently.
Brandy Smith explains why.
Why is the NRA trying to move to Texas?
The NRA has been around for a while.
It was founded in 1871 by two Civil
War veterans with the original
purpose of promoting marksmanship.
It's so old, it was formed at a
time when state legislatures passed
special acts to create corporations
and that's what New York State did.
Granting the charter.
The NRA still operates under to this day.
Why is all this history important?
Well, because it means the NRA
is subject to New York's laws,
despite the fact that the organization's
headquarters are in Virginia and in 2020,
New York's Attorney General filed a lawsuit
that would basically dissolve the NRA.
She accused the organization's leadership,
mainly CEO,
Wayne Lapierre of misusing large
amounts of money for personal
expenses in the wake of that lawsuit,
the NRA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy,
asking to reincorporate in Texas,
a Dallas area judge rejected that.
Infancy saying the move appeared to
be more about avoiding the New York
lawsuit than an actual bankruptcy,
but now parts of that New York lawsuit
have been dismissed by a court.
The judge did say the AG could
still go after NRA leadership,
though not leaves a move to Texas
in limbo with the Y and Brady Smith.
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