« Critical failures » delayed the police response to the 2022 shooting in Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, according to a damning US Department of Justice review.
« Critical failures » delayed the police response to the 2022 shooting in Texas that killed 19 children and two teachers, according to a damning US Department of Justice review.
The report found shortcomings in « leadership, decision-making, tactics, policy and training » led to a confused response to gunman Salvador Ramos at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on 24 May.
Officers should have immediately broken into the classroom to confront the 18-year-old gunman – but instead they treated him like a barricaded subject and left him inside with 33 pupils for more than an hour.
« The resulting delay provided an opportunity for the active shooter to have additional time to reassess and reengage his deadly actions inside the classroom, » the report added.
« It also contributed to a delay in medical interventions with the potential to impact survivability.
