Teachers join students in walkouts nationwide

AUSTIN, Tx. (WILX) – College students and lecturers indignant about gun violence took a stand on Tuesday, walkouts had been held at faculties throughout the nation, calling for motion.

Places included Austin, Texas the place lecturers marched to the workplace of Senator Ted Cruz.

The demonstrations come on the finish of a violent month with mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, Southern California, and at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas.

Within the Uvalde incident, investigators are attempting to find out why an exterior door at Robb Elementary didn’t lock when it was closed, permitting a gunman to get inside and kill 19 college students and two lecturers.

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Investigators initially mentioned a instructor propped the door open earlier than 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered the varsity.

An official mentioned that investigators have decided the instructor propped the door open however closed the door as soon as they realized a shooter was on campus, however the door didn’t lock.

Subsequent: ‘Very indignant’ – Uvalde locals grapple with faculty chief’s function

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