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Report finds 'lackadaisical' police response to Texas school shooting 

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 The memorial for the massacre at Robb Elementary School on June 24, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.

Texas state lawmakers on Sunday slammed law enforcement's slow response to the shooting in Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, saying more decisive action could have saved lives. A total of 376 officers -- border guards, state police, city police, local sheriff departments and elite forces -- responded to the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School, members of the southern US state's House of Representatives said in a preliminary report. But, the lawmakers charged, the situation was "chaotic" due to the officers' "lackadaisical approach" to subduing the gunman. Seventy-three minutes elapsed between the first officers' arrival and the shooter's death, an "unacceptably long period of time." "The void of leadership could have contributed to the loss of life," the report said. While the report acknowledged it was likely that most of the victims died immediately after the first shots were fired, some died while being transferred to the hospital.  "It is plausible that some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue," the report said. According to the text, which does not incriminate certain police teams over...


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