A criminal investigation in Texas over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting is still ongoing a year after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde.
over authorities in Uvalde continuing to withhold public records related to the shooting and the police response.POLICE SCRUTINYput nearly 400 officers on the scene from an array of federal, state and local agencies. The findings laid out how heavily armed officers waited more than hour to confront and kill the 18-year-old gunman. It also accused police of failing “to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety.
a month after the shooting. It included tougher background checks for the youngest gun buyers and added more funding for mental health programs and aid to schools. It did not go as far as restrictions sought by some Uvalde families who have called on lawmakers to raise the purchase age for AR-style rifles. In the GOP-controlled Texas Capitol, Republicans this year rejected virtually all proposals to tighten gun laws over the protests of the families and Democrats.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has also waved off calls for tougher gun laws, just as he did after mass shootings at a
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