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A committee of Texas state lawmakers investigating the police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde released a 77-page report detailing “systemic failures” and “poor decision making” from those involved, according to a report.
The Texas Tribune reported that it has reviewed the committee’s report that detailed how the gunman’s family was unable to recognize warning signs, how the school district strayed from its safety plan and how police disregarded their own active-shooter training.
A force of 376 law enforcement officers responded to the shooting, according to the report. However, the report found there was no clear leadership once they amassed at the scene, and responders lacked basic communications and sufficient urgency to take down the gunman.
The investigation criticized the inaction of state and federal law enforcement, who made up the majority of responding officers. The report states there were 91 state police offers, 149 from U.S. Border Patrol, 25 Uvalde city police officers, 16 sheriff’s deputies and 5 officers from the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police.
Until now, much of the criticism has been directed at former Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo, who acted as incident commander during the massacre.
The committee said law enforcement failed to quickly confront the suspect, having retreated to safety after taking gunfire and waiting for backup.
“They failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety,” the report said.
The Texas House of Representatives committee invited family of the 19 students and two teachers killed in the May 24 massacre to review the lawmaker’s findings. The committee also planned to show relatives the school surveillance video that showed police milling about in a hallway for more than an hour before they eventually kill the gunman.
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