‘Many failures’ in police response to Texas school shooting, report says

Thu, 07 Mar, 2024 - 20:59

Acacia Coronado, Associated Press

Police made “many failures” when responding to a gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in 2022, an investigator said.

Jesse Prado, a former police detective who compiled a report for Uvalde City Council, described rippling failures at the scene: failures of communication, poor training for live shooting situations, lack of equipment available to officers and delays on entering the classroom.