A documentary examining the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, titled “After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics,” aired Tuesday in the United States on PBS.
The film follows reports by journalist María Hinojosa about requests to the Government of Texas and the United States by families affected by the shooting on May 24, 2022 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which resulted in the death of 19 children and two teachers.
The journalistic piece focuses on the pressure from families to increase the minimum age to buy semi-automatic weapons in Texas.
It also explores the indignation of the families affected by the response of the police forces on the day of the massacre.
At least 376 officers from different law enforcement agencies responded to the scene, taking more than 77 minutes to break into the classroom where the shooter, Salvador Ramos, was located and gun him down.
The documentary cites a Texas Tribune newspaper report detailing what happened inside the school, the semi-automatic weapon that was used and the aftermath of the tragedy.
The documentary was made possible thanks to the collaboration of Frontline, Futuro Investigates and the Texas Tribune.
“María Hinojosa and her colleagues have brought care, insight, empathy and understanding to the tragic story of what happened at Robb Elementary. Her work will stand as a testament to what went wrong and how our nation can and must do better,” Sewell Chan, editor-in-chief of the Tribune, said in a statement.
The documentary is also available on the PBS website and the Texas Tribune.
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