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Accused Santa Fe School Shooter Found Incompetent: Lawyer
The trial for a teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school will be delayed while he receives mental health treatment, his attorney said Monday. The news comes after three experts — one for the defense, one appointed by the court and one picked by prosecutors — found Dimitrios Pagourtzis incompetent to stand trial, said Nick...
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Mental Exam Sought for Teen Charged in Texas School Shooting
Attorneys representing a teenager charged in a school shooting last year at a Texas high school are seeking a mental evaluation, saying their client cannot understand the legal proceedings against him.
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Santa Fe Teens Helped by Club Programs After 2018 Shootings
Santa Fe teenagers involved in a Boys & Girls Club summer program, along with other Santa Fe teens, might become members of a permanent, year-round Boys & Girls Club program if organization leaders can secure $225,000
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Deadliest Mass Shootings in Texas History
When a gunman walked into an El Paso Walmart Saturday and started shooting, it added another chapter to the history of mass shootings in Texas.
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Gov. Abbott OKs Budget With $1M Gun Storage Safety Effort
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has approved a spending bill that includes a $1 million public safety campaign for firearm storage.
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Texas Lawmakers Approve Safe Gun Storage Program Despite NRA
Lawmakers in Texas have quietly gone around the National Rifle Association by slipping language into a massive spending bill that would fund a $1 million public safety campaign on gun storage.
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Texas Moves to Arm More Teachers to Prevent School Shootings
Texas moved a big step closer to arming more teachers and school personnel as a way to help prevent future campus shootings, under a bill sent to Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Texas House Advances School Security Bill After Shooting
A bill that would “harden” Texas campuses with increased security and a boost in student mental health resources has cleared a key hurdle in the Legislature a year after a mass shooting at a local high school.
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1 Year After Santa Fe Shooting, Texas Shuns Tougher Gun Laws
A year after a high school mass shooting near Houston that remains one of the deadliest in U.S. history, Texas lawmakers are on the brink of going home without passing any new gun restrictions, or even tougher firearm storage laws that Gov. Greg Abbott backed after the tragedy.
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Texas Wants More Armed School Personnel After Mass Shooting
Nearly a year after a mass shooting at a Texas high school killed eight students and two substitute teachers, lawmakers in the gun-friendly state are close to passing new measures that they say would harden campuses
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School Safety Bill Clears Texas Senate
The Texas Senate has approved legislation that would require the state’s schools to develop safety plans and would provide access to increased mental health resources to help prevent campus shootings.
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Texas School Shooting Suspect Facing 11 Federal Counts
An 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school will now be facing 11 federal charges connected to the attack, his attorney said Monday.
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Feds Won't Charge Suspect in Deadly Texas School Shooting
Federal prosecutors say they will not pursue charges at this time against the teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school.
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Delay in Producing Evidence May Delay School Shooting Trial
Prosecutors say the trial of a Texas school shooting suspect may be delayed for a year as federal investigators have yet to deliver key evidence.
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Venue Change Sought for Teen in Fatal Santa Fe School Shooting
A change of venue is being sought for an 18-year-old student charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of 10 people at a Santa Fe High School.
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Counseling Center Offers Help After Santa Fe School Shooting
A Methodist church in Santa Fe has been home to a counseling center since a high school shooting that killed 10 people last May.
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School Board Buying Police Body Cameras After Texas Gunfire
A school board near Houston has approved spending $170,000 for police body cameras and a new camera system for 20 buses following May gunfire that claimed 10 lives.
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‘Santa Fe Strong' Fund to Distribute Donations to Shooting Victims
A distribution plan for nearly $1.3 million in donations has been announced for victims’ families and survivors of a Texas school shooting that left 10 people dead and 13 wounded.
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Texas Education Agency Seeks $54M for School Safety
The Texas Education Agency is asking lawmakers for $54 million to pay for school safety initiatives in a request just months after deadly gunfire on a campus.
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Gov. Abbott Announces $1.8 Million in Grants to Santa Fe
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is awarding an additional $1.8 million in grant funding to the City of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe ISD for the development of a long-term resiliency center and additional school and community counseling services.