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Fort Worth police want to install gunshot detection technology in high-crime neighborhoods slated for revitalization. But some fear a breach of privacy.

The shooting happened just after midnight in the grocery store parking lot the cheerleaders use when carpooling to practice. One of them, described as an all-star cheer icon, was critically injured.

State Rep. Rafael Anchía, D-Dallas, says the bills can make hospitals safer while making it a felony for people on parole to remove an ankle monitor.

A 2021 ruling found that the government was mostly responsible for the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. But the DOJ appealed that ruling this week, which critics say is a win for the NRA.

State Rep. Rafael Anchía says he's also requesting an independent investigation into the "failures" by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to revoke parole for the alleged shooter.

Police identified 42-year-old Brandon Keith Ned as the suspect in a shooting at Duncanville Fieldhouse where about 250 kids were attending camp.

"Four innocents and one shooter" are dead, says Jonathan Brooks of the Tulsa police department at a news conference on Wednesday.

At a Friday press conference in Uvalde, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pointed to the 2017 mass killing at First Baptist Church Sutherland Springs as proof background checks don't work. A federal court found the opposite.

The question moving forward is whether Democrats, outnumbered in the Texas Legislature for two decades, will be able to put enough pressure on lawmakers to move on a previously intractable issue in gun-friendly Texas and that Republicans, who support looser gun laws, will fight tooth and nail.

The Secret Service is taking control of the hall during Trump's speech in Houston on Friday and is prohibiting attendees from having firearms and other weapons, according to the gun group.