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According to a report obtained by media outlets Sunday, police in Uvalde, Texas, were prevented from responding to the Robb Elementary School shooting in May because of a series of "systemic failures" and "egregious poor decision making"
An officer walks outside of an elementary school.
According to the report, which was obtained and posted by the Texas, more than 400 law enforcement officers responded to the shooting, but they waited more than an hour to kill the shooter.
Most of the officers on the scene were from federal and state agencies, but there were also 25 Uvalde city police officers.
The scene was plagued by poor communication and an overall lackadaisical approach by law enforcement and multiple people described the elementary school as chaotic.
According to the report, the officers failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety by retreating and waiting for backup after coming under fire.
The report found that responders from other agencies could have helped to address the chaotic situation by questioning the lack of leadership.
According to the report, the Border Patrol agents broke into the classroom without taking instructions from Arredondo, who was killed by the team.
The Committee didn't find any "villains" in the course of its investigation. We can't attribute malice or ill motives to anyone.
The report states that it is not certain whether a faster response by the officers would have saved any lives. Some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait more time for rescue.
State leaders lied to the public about the shooting because they were told false information. Initially, officials said that first responders confronted the shooter. Abbott praised the police response in the wake of the attack but later said he had been misled and was angry. Abbott was booed during his visit to Robb Elementary School.
The report was produced by a group of people, including a former state Supreme Court Justice. According to the Texas Tribune, members of the Uvalde community were presented with the report before it was made public.
State officials and community members questioned the police response to the shooting. The footage from the school's security cameras was published by the Austin American-Statesman. More than a dozen heavily armed officers were crammed in the elementary school hallway whispering to each other as they waited.
There were systemic failures in the Uvalde shooting.
Here's everything that turned out to be false.
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