Family members and friends participate in a march in support of those killed and injured in the school shooting at Robb Elementary, in Uvalde on July 10, 2022., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
It explains how the gunman, who investigators believe had never fired a gun before May 24, was able to stockpile military-style rifles, accessories and ammunition without arousing suspicion from authorities, enter a supposedly secure school unimpeded and indiscriminately kill children and adults. The investigators said that in the absence of a strong incident commander, another officer could have — and should have — stepped up to the task.
“They failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety,” the committee said in its report. The committee did not find this argument persuasive. It cited the school district’s active shooter response plan, co-authored by Arredondo, which states the chief will “become the person in control of the efforts of all law enforcement and first responders that arrive at the scene.” The school district last month placed him on administrative leave.
In testimony to a Senate committee June 21, Department of Public Safety Commissioner Steve McCraw said some officers on scene observed that Arredondo was not acting like an incident commander. Instead, the report said Border Patrol agents decided they would breach the classroom without seeking permission from Arredondo. That team killed the gunman at 12:51 p.m., ending the standoff.
Williams then encountered a group of officers clustered at the end of the hallway where the shooter was and overheard someone ask “y’all don’t know if there’s kids in there?” In March, the teacher in Room 111, through which investigators believe the shooter entered during the massacre, reported to school administrators that his classroom door “was not always locking.” The head custodian testified he never heard of any problems with that door, and maintenance records during the school year do not contain any work orders for it. The teacher, Arnulfo Reyes, was shot twice in the shooting but survived.
The search for the unnecessary key was complicated by the fact that the school, which first opened in 1955, had different sets of master keys for different doors. Lt. Mike Hernandez of the district police department said he carried 50 keys to various campus buildings, though sometimes he had to jiggle them to turn locks. On other occasions, staff changed locks without his knowledge.
Blames everyone and everything but…the undeterred easy access to military assault rifles.
brenna__smith What about the role of the NRA and politicians- both Republicans and Democrats- in weakening gun control laws and allowing automatic weapons to be acquired by children. Without having any training or background checks.
'In total, 376 LEOs had been 47 “secure” or “lockdown” events since Feb 2022 desensitized to the alert system which often was triggered by frequent immigration-related police pursuits the committee uncovered individual instances where officers acted boldly w/out instruction'
I think it’s time that GregAbbott_TX stepped down and let somebody else be governor. Texas can’t survive until the next election. He needs to be held accountable. TedCruz you’re as much apart of this.
Love everyone in this thread arguing that because the police fked up, we should ban guns and rely on the police to keep us safe...
Several people need to go to jail.
Mental illness once again glazed over...gun control of the mentally unstable is a must. There needs to be a central registry of narcotics users, abusers and the mentally ill.
For those who are blaming Republicans for gun deaths you should be reminded the cities in the country with the highest murder rates are all under democrat leadership. St. Louis, Baltimore, Detroit, Birmingham. If Dems had the answer - these would be safe cities. Stop fighting.
“Chaos” and a “Cluster” equal cowards in a law enforcement uniform. Children and adults died because of cowards. Now the question becomes…if the shooter was a Black man, would the on-scene officers delayed entrances into the classroom? Just asking. Implicit bias is real.
When officers were driven back by gunfire just after entering the school, Uvalde Police Department Lt. Javier Martinez attempted to confront the shooter again. He advanced up the hallway in “an evident desire to maintain momentum and to ‘stop the killing.’” (1/2)
Y’all might want to fact-check this. There’s no such thing as the Drug Enforcement Agency. The A stands for Administration.
Greg Abbott was elected Governor in 2015. Since then, Texas has: ▪ seen an increase in gun deaths, every single year ▪ lead the nation in overall number of gun deaths, every single year At the same time, he's also made it easier to get access to and carry guns. BetoForTexas
“Chaos” and a “Cluster” resulted cowards in a law enforcement uniform. Children and adults died because of cowards. Now the question becomes…if the shooter was a Black man, would the on-scene officers delayed entrances into the classroom? Just asking. Implicit bias is real.
Laloofah 'In the days after the shooting, state officials unnecessarily undermined public trust in the ongoing investigations by making false statements about what had happened' Attempting to evade blame was the most important thing.
“The three committee members said they sought to create a comprehensive account the Legislature can use to craft policies aimed at preventing future massacres.” Santa Fe, El Paso, Sutherland Springs…how many massacres does the Legislature need?
And the shitty, stupid, counterproductive laws they themselves passed while diddling around on trivialities, oh wait did that not make it in there?
Another failure? Lax gun regulation.
They should list all the Republicunts who took NRA bribes to allow these school shootings.
Biggest failure-the cowardly actions of those police officers then the fast speed our sorry Governor took to the stage in an election year to cover up and control the narrative of a situation that could have had a different outcome! Cowards ulvadepolice UvaldeCoverUp
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