The lack of a key piece of protective gear hobbled the initial police response to the Robb Elementary shooting, the San Antonio Express-News found. An overview.
Few incidents have been investigated as intensively as the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde . Texas legislators, the Texas Rangers , Justice Department experts, news organizations, citizen-journalists and others have examined the massacre in microscopic detail, seeking explanations for what went so terribly wrong on May 24, 2022.
They quickly concluded they would never make it into the room alive without a rifle-rated shield, and officers began asking for one immediately. One called a contact at the U.S. Marshals Service and asked him to send “rifle shields” right away. Another asked a Texas Ranger he knew to bring shields. A third broadcast an appeal for shields on police radio.
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