https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/lomi-kriel/The latest news by Lomi Kriel.enFri, 29 Mar 2024 11:20:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/29/uvalde-shooting-investigations-status-personnel-changes/As a grand jury considers whether any law enforcement officers are criminally charged for their inaction during the Robb Elementary shooting, some families say they feel they’ve been let down and betrayed by elected officials.By Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 29 Mar 2024 11:20:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/29/uvalde-shooting-investigations-status-personnel-changes/A copy of the Department of Justice’s review of law enforcement officers’ actions at Robb Elementary School.Copy of the Department of Justice's Critical Incident Review Active Shooter at Robb Elementary School, at the Herby Ham Activity Centerin Uvalde on Jan. 18, 2024.Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/active-shooter-training-schools-law-enforcement/No states mandate annual active shooter training for police officers, according to an analysis by The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE. In comparison, at least 37 states require such training in schools, typically on a yearly basis.By Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 08 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/08/active-shooter-training-schools-law-enforcement/https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/18/uvalde-school-shooting-federal-investigation-police-response/U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that had responding officers followed general procedures, some victims would have survived.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune, and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaThu, 18 Jan 2024 09:33:37 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/18/uvalde-school-shooting-federal-investigation-police-response/Students flee after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022.Students flee and authorities help others evacuate after a gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022.Courtesy of Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-Newshttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/27/police-reponse-mass-shooting-reports-questions/A lack of national standards leads to wide variability in after-action examinations of law enforcement’s response, ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and FRONTLINE found.By Lexi Churchill and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 27 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/27/police-reponse-mass-shooting-reports-questions/After-action reports can vary widely in what they examine and what information they release because there is no national standard for how they should be conducted.After-action reports can vary widely in what they examine and what information they release because there is no national standard for how they should be conducted.Compilation image by The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/uvalde-officer-student-trainings-mass-shootings/Across the country, states require more training to prepare students and teachers for mass shootings than for those expected to protect them. The differences were clear in Uvalde, where children and officers waited on opposite sides of the door.By Lomi Kriel and Lexi Churchill, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Jinitzail Hernández, The Texas TribuneTue, 05 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/uvalde-officer-student-trainings-mass-shootings/Collage by ProPublica. Body camera stills obtained by ProPublica and The Texas TribuneCollage by ProPublica. Body camera stills obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/20/uvalde-medical-response/Previously unreleased video, audio and interviews show for the first time how the medical response faltered after police finally confronted the Robb Elementary shooter.By Zach Despart, Lomi Kriel, Alejandro Serrano, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Arelis R. Hernández, Sarah Cahlan, Imogen Piper and Uriel J. GarcíaTue, 20 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/20/uvalde-medical-response/The scene outside Robb Elementary School minutes after officers killed the shooter who had been occupying two adjoining classrooms.Helicopter footage gathered by the Texas Rangers and obtained by The Texas Tribune, The Washington Post and ProPublica. Graphics by Imogen Piper/The Washington Posthttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/01/uvalde-911-dispatch-recordings/Audio obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica shows just how long police and dispatchers likely knew that children and teachers were in danger before taking action at Robb Elementary School.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Zach Despart, Alejandro Serrano and Roxanna Asgarian, The Texas TribuneTue, 01 Nov 2022 18:45:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/01/uvalde-911-dispatch-recordings/At 12:33 p.m. May 24, exactly an hour after the gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a group of unidentified police officers began advancing toward the classrooms where he had trapped more than 30 students and teachers. But after one officer said “no, no, no,” they stopped. That moment exemplified the overall failed law enforcement response.At 12:33 p.m. May 24, exactly an hour after the gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a group of unidentified police officers began advancing toward the classrooms where he had trapped more than 30 students and teachers. But after one officer said “no, no, no,” they stopped. That moment exemplified the overall failed law enforcement response.State trooper body camera footage obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublicahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/21/dps-state-trooper-uvalde-response-fired/Department of Public Safety Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the first state police officer fired in the aftermath of a botched police response to the shooting. He was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to Robb Elementary School.By Zach Despart and William Melhado, The Texas Tribune, and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 21 Oct 2022 19:08:40 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/21/dps-state-trooper-uvalde-response-fired/Hundreds of flowers, toys and candles surround a memorial in June for the 21 victims killed in the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde.Hundreds of flowers, toys, and candles surround the crosses in memorial of the 21 victims of the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, on June 9, 2022.Evan L'Roy for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/06/texas-state-police-uvalde-shooting/State troopers outnumbered local law enforcement 2-to-1 outside Robb Elementary, but the Department of Public Safety has blocked the release of records and carefully shaped the narrative to cast local authorities as incompetent.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Zach Despart, The Texas TribuneTue, 06 Sep 2022 19:40:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/06/texas-state-police-uvalde-shooting/A Texas Department of Public Safety officer, right, watches as a family looks toward the back door of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 30. A shooting at the school on May 24 left 19 students and two teachers dead.A family looks over a chain-link fence towards the back door of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 30, 2022. The 18-year-old gunman entered through this door and opened fire on a classroom, killing 19 students and two teachers.Kaylee Greenlee Beal for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/20/texas-postpartum-medicaid-abortion/Greg Abbott claimed Texas provides expectant mothers “necessary resources so that they can choose life for their child,” but it is now one of a dwindling number of states not to offer Medicaid coverage for a full year after residents give birth.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 20 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/20/texas-postpartum-medicaid-abortion/Connie Bunch with her 6-month-old son Aiden in her home in Austin on July 6.Connie Bunch with her 6-month-old son Aiden in her home in Austin, Texas, on July 6.Montinique Monroe for ProPublica/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/28/texas-migrant-deaths-smuggling/In 1987, 2003 and 2017, groups of migrants died of heat and dehydration in Texas after being trapped in stifling containers. Hundreds more die alone or in smaller groups as desperation drives them to take fatal risks.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Uriel J. García, The Texas TribuneTue, 28 Jun 2022 00:14:54 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/28/texas-migrant-deaths-smuggling/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/27/nra-convention-houston-uvalde/Deflecting blame from guns, attendees said a breakdown in society — including removing God from schools and a rise in mental illness — causes mass shootings, echoing the rhetoric of Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz.By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune, and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaFri, 27 May 2022 19:07:25 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/27/nra-convention-houston-uvalde/People attend the NRA annual convention in Houston on Friday.People attend the National Rifle Association (NRA) annual convention in Houston, Texas, U.S. May 27, 2022.REUTERS/Shannon Stapletonhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/27/texas-operation-lone-star-greg-abbott-border/As reporters investigated Gov. Greg Abbott’s border initiative, they repeatedly found situations in which Abbott and Department of Public Safety officials cited accomplishments that lacked crucial context or did not match reality. Here are a few examples.By Perla Trevizo and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, Kengo Tsutsumi, ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall ProjectWed, 27 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/27/texas-operation-lone-star-greg-abbott-border/Photo Illustration by John Whitlock for ProPublica/Texas Tribune/The Marshall Project. Source images: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune; Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune, Jordan Vondehaar for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/18/texas-border-security-spending/Since 2005, Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched a multitude of widely publicized and costly border initiatives, which usually kicked off during their reelection campaigns or while they were considering bids for higher office.By Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall ProjectMon, 18 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/18/texas-border-security-spending/Photo illustration by John Whitlock for The Texas Tribune/ProPublica/The Marshall Projecthttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/21/operation-lone-star-lacks-clear-metrics-measure-accomplishments/Arrests of U.S. citizens hundreds of miles from the border. Claiming drug busts from across the state. Changing statistics. The data that Texas leaders use to boast about Operation Lone Star raise more questions than answers.By Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall ProjectMon, 21 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/21/operation-lone-star-lacks-clear-metrics-measure-accomplishments/A photo collage a map of the Texas-Mexico border, images of the border fence, a handcuffed pair of hands and Operation Lone Star paperwork.Photo illustration by John Whitlockhttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/05/russia-brittney-griner-arrest/The athlete, who is Black and gay, was detained by Putin’s regime, which has stoked nationalism and homophobia and is admired by some in America’s far right.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSat, 05 Mar 2022 19:07:21 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/05/russia-brittney-griner-arrest/Brittney Griner, of the United States Women's Basketball team, during the gold-medal match against Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Saitama, Japan on Aug. 8, 2021.Brittney Griner, of the United States Women's Basketball team, during the gold-medal match against Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Saitama, Japan on Aug. 8, 2021.REUTERS/Phil Noblehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/05/university-texas-fundraising-endowment/About $1 billion will go to support students, as the cost of living in Austin skyrockets.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaSat, 05 Mar 2022 13:02:40 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/05/university-texas-fundraising-endowment/The University of Texas says the campaign is the largest in the history of Texas universities.The University of Texas tower on July 16, 2020.Allie Goulding/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/17/texas-supreme-court-abortion-law/The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision means it could take months before abortion providers’ challenge to the restrictive law returns to a federal court.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaMon, 17 Jan 2022 19:27:53 -0600https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/17/texas-supreme-court-abortion-law/Protesters stand at the front steps of the state Capitol in opposition to Texas' recent abortion law on Oct. 2, 2021.Protestors stand at the front steps of the state Capitol in opposition to SB 8 on Oct. 2, 2021.Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/18/texas-immigration-border-deportations/The situation in Del Rio spiraled this week as more than 15,000 migrants, many of them from Haiti, arrived at the border in recent days, settling in a makeshift camp as they waited for CBP agents to process their petitions to stay in the U.S.By Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica, and Uriel J. García, The Texas TribuneSat, 18 Sep 2021 17:14:58 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/18/texas-immigration-border-deportations/Makeshift shelters at a temporary migrant camp under the international bridge in Del Rio on Sept. 17, 2021.Makeshift shelters at a temporary migrant camp under the international bridge in Del Rio on Sept. 17, 2021.Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribunehttps://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/21/texas-prison-immigrant-jail-briscoe/Border-crossing immigrants are being arrested by Texas troopers on state charges like trespassing, and they’re starting to trickle into a prison emptied to house them.By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune, and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublicaWed, 21 Jul 2021 16:39:25 -0500https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/21/texas-prison-immigrant-jail-briscoe/The Briscoe Unit in Dilley has been cleared to detain immigrants arrested on state charges in counties on or near the Texas-Mexico border.The Dolph Briscoe Unit in Dilley on July 1, 2021.Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribune