INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
history.A committee of Texas state lawmakers investigating the school massacre has released the extensive report, some 80 pages in size,
nearly two months after the horrific attack.For the first time since the massacre, the local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies
have all been denounced for their failures in the lead-up and during the 24 May shooting in which the attacker killed 19 young school
saved with a better security response to the shooting
officer entered.Parents and relatives of the victims, still in mourning, received an advance print copy of the report but slammed the police
The footage was met with anger and strong criticism.The massacre was the latest in a spate of mass shootings over the past decades that have
It was also the latest in a string of school shootings that saw many children killed but was made even more shocking by the fact the average
age of the child killed was ten with oldest child just eleven years of age.According to the report, nearly 400 security personnel from many
different agencies went to the school after the attacker began killing the children, but their duty to protect the public was hijacked by a
serious lack of coordination among different security agencies and officials.Law enforcement officers told investigators that they were
under the assumption the Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo was in charge of the terror site, but Arredondo has already
scrutiny for the inadequate police response to the massacre, the report also faults other law enforcement agencies for not stepping up to
coming from at least one child inside a classroom
Nevertheless, the report says all the agencies involved are at fault.Following the massacre, a blame game unfolded with different officials
accusing others for the botched security response
This is despite the training and repeated mass shootings at U.S
prevented the deadly attack from being ended much faster
A commander would have figured out a better way to communicate and drawn a path for security personnel to breach the classroom where the
shooter was located.According to the report, police officers and various other security forces waited more than an hour in the school
chief of police or anyone else perceived to be in command to point out the lack of and need for a command post, or to offer that specific
officer asking if there were kids in the classroom
been trained to confront what U.S
authorities describe as active shooters as quickly as possible, with officers expected to organize themselves for that confrontation
and a severe lack of communication at the Robb elementary school on the day of the shooting.Just hours after the release of the report,
be conducted to find out if he should have taken command
checked to make sure the doors were even locked
report said.Nonetheless, parents have long felt that an earlier confrontation by police with the shooter may have cleared the way for
emergency medical personnel to potentially save the lives of victims who had initially survived the gunshot injuries inflicted on them.Not
all school employees received an emergency alert about the gunman because of poor wireless internet signal, according to the report
in the slow emergency response by providing inconsistent and inaccurate information about the attack in its immediate aftermath, the report
according to the report, and another official took his place
complete and thorough investigation can take months or even years to confirm every detail, especially when this many law enforcement
loved ones and wore shirts with the faces of the children they lost
Some believe the truth is still being distorted.Vincent Salazar whose grandchild was murdered at the elementary school told media he will
not be attending any meeting with the committee because of what he sees as systemic failures that allowed the gunman inside the school and
Texas failed the students
