Bearing witness
How many more have to die before we care enough to do something? On Tuesday, May 24, an 18-year-old kid in Uvalde, Texas, shot his grandmother then got into his truck and drove over to Robb Elementary School where he proceeded to murder 19 fourth-graders and two teachers.
The killer, who had barricaded himself inside two adjoining classrooms, was then shot to death by local and federal officers in a specialized tactical team who forced their way inside the classrooms he had barricaded himself.
It was the second-deadliest school shooting since shooting at Sandy Hook in 2012. It was the third mass shooting in the U.S.
in 10 days: On May 14, an 18-year-old kid drove some 200 miles from his home to a grocery store in a primarily Black neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y., where he murdered 10 Black people and injured three others.
