Author: Emily Schmall
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Carnage at small-town Texas church claimed 8 children
LA VERNIA, Texas — By the time Paul Brunner rolled up in his ambulance to the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the First Baptist Church was a chaotic triage scene. Parents cried and kids screamed, and nearly all the victims appeared to have been hit more than once. Two of the first four patients…
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Authorities review video of small-town Texas church attack
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — Authorities have reviewed video from inside the small-town Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen people, including footage that shows the assailant shooting victims in the head during Sunday services, a U.S. official said Wednesday. The official’s account of the video is consistent with statements made by survivors…
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Relative: Pregnant woman, 3 children, in-laws slain in Texas
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — As usual, John Holcombe posted his Sunday school lesson online a day ahead. It was about an Old Testament miracle. Holcombe was expecting a small miracle of his own. His wife, a widow and mother of five, was pregnant with their first child. But the following morning, his family would bear…
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Documents: Police did little to stop Waco biker showdown
FORT WORTH, Texas — Law enforcement officers prepared for war in Waco, Texas, on May 17, 2015. In parking lots surrounding the Twin Peaks restaurant just off Interstate 35, 16 police officers, including a SWAT team of 11, were poised with assault rifles in five police cars and two unmarked SUVs. Seven state police, some undercover, were…
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Investigation reveals hidden horror of sex assaults by K-12 students
EDITOR’S NOTE: First in a monthlong Associated Press investigative series focusing on sexual assaults by students on students in the nation’s elementary and secondary schools. Eventually, he swore under oath, the boys raped him and left him bleeding, the culmination of a year of harassment. Though Chaz repeatedly told teachers and administrators about insults and…
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2 dead, several hurt after Fort Worth dance studio shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Two people were killed and several others injured early Saturday in a shooting outside a Texas dance studio during a party involving a group that the facility’s owner said wasn’t…