What did Matthew McConaughey say about the school shooting in Texas? Watch his full speech. “We are in a window of opportunity right now that we have not been in before. A window where it seems like real change, real change can happen,” McConaughey said from the podium. Funerals began Monday for some of the victims in the Uvalde, Texas school massacre.
Watch his full speech. “We are in a window of opportunity right now that we have not been in before.A window where it seems like real change, real change can happen,” McConaughey said from the podium. Funerals began Monday for some of the victims in the Uvalde, Texas school massacre.
What does Matthew McConaughey have to say about the shooting?
The tragedy has left at least 19 children and two adults dead and is considered the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. “Once again, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us,” McConaughey wrote, beginning a lengthy message.
Which celebrity is from Uvalde Texas?
Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey visits White House to push for stricter gun laws and mental health reform. The Texas actor spoke at a press briefing Tuesday after meeting with President Joe Biden about responding to mass shootings. A Uvalde gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school last month
Is Uvalde the 212th mass shooting of 2022?
On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, where 18-year-old Salvador Ramos fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, and wounded seventeen others.
The deadliest school shooting in the United States was the Virginia Tech massacre, with 33 fatalities and 23 injuries. The next deadliest school shooting (based on fatalities) was the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, with 27 fatalities.
When did the shooting in Uvalde happen?
May 24, 2022 at 9:30 AM PDT
Robb Elementary School shooting / Date
How far is Uvalde from the Mexico border?
Uvalde is located in the Texas Hill Country, 80 miles (130 km) west of downtown San Antonio and 54 miles (87 km) east of the Mexico–United States border.
Who is Eva Mireles husband?
UVALDE, Texas — In the final moments of her life, Eva Mireles, a teacher at Robb Elementary School, was on the phone with her husband, Ruben Ruiz, a school district police officer, the senior county official said on Wednesday.
What happened in Taft Oklahoma?
Argument at Memorial Day festival leads to 1 person fatally shot, 7 others injured. A 39-year-old woman died and seven other people were wounded, including a 9-year-old child, after a shooting early Sunday at an outdoor Memorial Day festival in Taft, Oklahoma, officials said.
What happened in Muskogee Oklahoma?
The 2021 Muskogee shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States, on February 2, 2021, when a gunman opened fire at a house. The shooter killed six people—a man and five children—and a woman was seriously injured.
2021 Muskogee shooting
Deaths
6
Injured
1
Accused
Jarron Deajon Pridgeon
Who is Skyler Buckner?
Skyler Dewayne Buckner was charged in Muskogee County District Court on Friday with one count of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sherika Bowler. Bowler, 39, died on May 28 after being shot at the Taft Memorial Day Festival. Eight other people were injured in the shooting.
TAFT, Texas — For about 20 minutes early Saturday, 11 officers from five agencies were shot at when a Taft apartment resident went on a shooting spree, targeting police with a shotgun.
