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The 575-page report released Thursday identifies in stark detail several breakdowns before and during the response to the Uvalde elementary school, including decision-making, tactics, policy and training that contributed to the “unimaginable failure.”
Critical incident review for Uvalde Elementary shooting
Demotions, suspensions or terminations of Uvalde police may be warranted for their failure to intervene during the shooting, the city says, but a reticent prosecutor is impeding its probe.
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AUSTIN, Texas — In a federal lawsuit seeking $27 billion, a class of students, parents, teachers and staff at the Texas elementary school that was the scene of a mass shooting in May claim local police strayed from well-established protocols in failing to quickly respond to an active shooter.
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On the Day of the Dead, parents of children who were killed in the Uvalde school shooting honored their children's lives and called for gun reforms at vigils in cities across Texas.
Parents of children who were killed in the Uvalde school shooting march an altar honoring them on the Day of the Dead from the Texas Capitol to the governor's mansion. on Nov. 1, 2022 (Kirk McDaniel/ Courthouse News)
Vincent Salazar holds a picture of his daughter Layla. Salazar said that people need to get out and vote for candidates who support measures for gun control. Nov. 1, 2022 (Kirk McDaniel/ Courthouse News)
Kimberly Rubio's daughter, Alexandria, was killed in the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. While speaking before a crowd at the Texas capitol, she called for the age to purchase an AR-15 style rifle to be raised from 18 to 21. Nov. 1, 2022 (Kirk McDaniel/Courthouse News)
Families of many of the children killed in the attack have spent months accusing the Department of Public Safety of slow-walking the investigation, withholding information and trying to minimize its responsibility.
The suspensions are just the latest in the reckoning over the killing of 21 people at an elementary school five months ago.
Uvalde CISD Suspends UCISD PD
DEL RIO, Texas — Families of survivors of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, filed a federal lawsuit blaming the massacre on the school district, local police and gun manufacturers.
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The botched handling of the shooting has prompted outrage in the small South Texas community and across the state.
Even with district policy in place for responding to active shooters, the bad Wi-Fi signal on campus delayed distribution of the principal’s lockdown alert to teachers.
The leaked footage shows police positioned in a hallway at the school for over an hour before some entered a classroom and fatally shot the gunman.
A top law enforcement training center found issues with both the school and police response that led to a shooter gaining access to a classroom of fourth-graders.
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