Uvalde families ask for space to grieve ahead of anniversary

(NewsNation) — Days before the one-year anniversary of a devastating school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two adults dead, city leaders have asked for the media and well-wishers to give the families privacy and space to grieve.

"We won't be doing interviews after today," Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a press conference Monday. "It's time for the families and the survivors."

While there will be a public vigil held on the anniversary, families of the victims are also holding private events to memorialize those lost.

Certain parking garages and streets around the city's central plaza would be blocked off starting Tuesday to allow families a space to gather an...