Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to Uvalde school, but "systemic failures" created a chaotic scene before gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, investigation concludes.
"I got the blood and put it all on me," Miah Cerrillo,11, tells tearful lawmakers of Robb Elementary School massacre that left 19 of her classmates and two teachers dead, sparking widespread anger and calls for stricter gun laws.
School shooting in Texas state, a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion and grievances about security at US-Mexico border could mobilise American extremists to violence, says Department of Homeland Security.
Governor of northeastern US state signs a packet of 10 gun control bills into law, setting new limits on buying assault-style weapons and body armour, among other measures, in the wake of mass shootings in America.
"You couldn't buy a cannon when the Second Amendment was passed. You couldn't go out and buy a lot of weapons," says President Biden, hoping to see some bipartisan support over gun culture in US.
Videos surface of desperate parents begging police to storm Robb Elementary School, where a teenage gunman killed 19 small children and two teachers two days ago before being shot dead by officers "approximately an hour" later.
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