Fort Worth play honors lives lost 2 years after Uvalde school shooting
Two years have passed since 21 souls were taken at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde – 19 young students and two of their teachers.
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Two years have passed since 21 souls were taken at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde – 19 young students and two of their teachers.
People will commemorate the two years since the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in different ways but one woman wrote a play to help remember the lives lost. The performance is at 7 p.m. Friday night at Stage West in Fort Worth.
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In the report, much of the blame was placed on former police chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, Pete Arredondo, who was terminated in the wake of the shooting.
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