Texas Lawmakers Say Uvalde Response Was Result Of "Systematic Failures And Egregious Poor Decision Making"

By Caroline Linton, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

July 17, 2022

The failure of police to go into the Uvalde classroom while a gunman killed children inside was the result of "systematic failures and egregious poor decision making" among every law enforcement agency that responded, according to a highly anticipated report by Texas lawmakers released Sunday.

"Other than the attacker, the Committee did not find any 'villains' in the course of its investigation," the report said. "There is no one to whom we can attribute malice or ill motives. Instead, we found systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making."

Nineteen children and two adults were killed in the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for the state House to convene a special legislative committee to investigate the shooting, and the lawmakers released their preliminary findings in Sunday's report. The committee interviewed 40 people, including at least 20 law enforcement officials.

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