Shooting in Texas: Joe Biden goes to Uvalde to comfort a community shaken by the murder

The president of the United States and the first lady hope to entertain a city on Sunday stricken with pain and anger when they met with families affected by the Texas elementary school massacre that killed 19 students and two teachers.

The visit to the city of Uvalde was the second trip for Joe Biden in a few weeks to comfort a community in mourning after a massive loss.

On May 17, he was in Buffalo, New York, to meet with the families of the victims and condemn white supremacy after a racist gunman advocating the “replacement theory” was killed. 10 black people in a supermarket.

Huntings in Texas and New York and their results were highlighted the deep divisions in the country and their inability to reach a consensus on measures to reduce gun violence.

“The evil”

“Evil arrives in the elementary classroom in Texas, at that grocery store in New York, in so many places where innocents have died, ” Biden said Saturday in a commencement address at the University of Delaware. “We have to be stronger. We have to be stronger. We can’t ban tragedy, I know, but we can make America safe.”

Biden visited a memorial site set up in front of Robb Elementary School toBefore attending mass at a local Catholic church. He is also scheduled to meet with family members at a community center and then with the first responders at the local airport before returning to Washington, the White House said. You are not expected to make a formal speech.

Mckinzie Hinojosa, who killed cousin Eliahana Torres on Tuesday, said she respects Biden’s decision to grieve the people of Uvalde. “It’s more of a duel,” he said. “We want change. We want action. It’s still happening over and over again. A mass shooting took place. This is in the news. People are crying. Then everything will disappear. No one cares. Then it happens again. Again ”.

“If there’s one thing I can say to Joe Biden, in his stance, it’s to respect our community while he’s here and I’m sure he will,’ ’he added.“ But we need change. We need to do something about it. ”

divisions

The Biden’s visit to Uvalde is amid a growing investigation into the police response to the hunt. Authorities announced Friday that the students and teachers repeatedly begging 911 operators to assist them, even a police commander told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway.

Officials said the commander believed the suspect was barricaded inside an adjacent classroom and was no longer conducting the attack.

Source: AFP and EFE

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