“We are in mourning”: As parents awaited news, Uvalde residents processed their shock and grief

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“We are in mourning”: As parents awaited news, Uvalde residents processed their shock and grief
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Uvalde parents huddled close to their relatives Tuesday outside the city’s civic center, where they waited for hours to learn whether their child had died in Texas’ worst mass shooting at a school. Some left with unbearable news.

and instead pushed for arming more teachers and adding police to school campuses.

Late into the evening, a few families still did not have answers and cried quietly outside. Some formed prayer circles outside as they left with unbearable news. Then, just before midnight, between 30 and 40 people who remained were informed about their loved ones, and were escorted out by officials.

“I praise God that we weren’t there and I got another opportunity to see her again,” Richards said. The image of the awards ceremony, she said — little kids, happy and proud to receive recognition for their attendance and honor roll awards — is forever emblazoned in her mind.

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