Texas House Report Blames Uvalde Police, State Agencies For Slow Uvalse Follow-Up During School Shooting

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Nearly 400 local, state and federal law enforcement officers were at the scene on May 24, including 91 state troopers, the Texas House investigative report said, and none took initiative to lead the response. The school district police chief, Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, wrote its active shooter response plan and assigned himself as incident commander, but did not follow the protocol he had set up, the report said. 

The report, however, cast a broader net of blame at “the entirety of law enforcement ... on that tragic day.” Nineteen students and two teachers died in the attack the 18-year-old gunman, who was killed when police broke into a classroom after a long delay.

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