Family of shooting victims listen to the Texas House investigative committee release its full report on the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
He warned that those breakdowns in safety aren't just a problem that exists in Uvalde, adding,"some of the same systems that we found here that failed that day are across the entire state and country."A lack of leadership despite a robust police presence Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas Thursday, May 26, 2022.
Officers said they knew the gunman was in one of the rooms, but did not know what was happening behind the closed doors because they did not hear screams or cries, despite hearing several gunshots ringing out. The committee also faults those officers —"many of whom were better trained and better equipped than the school district police" — who it says should have filled the leadership void when they saw the chaotic scene.
The school was also set up with an intruder alert system. But the frequency of"bailout" alerts, which flag the presence of fleeing human traffickers in the area, desensitized teachers to their urgency. No prior bailout alert had ever resulted in a violent incident at the school. At 11:33 a.m., the attacker spent two-and-a-half minutes firing more than 100 rounds into rooms 111 and 112.
"It is unclear whether any school resource officers ever visited the home of the attacker," the report said. The head custodian at the school testified that he never knew of any problems with the door, or would have submitted a work order. The principal said administration had been alerted about the door in March.
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