- Two months ago, an 18-year-old shot dead 21 people at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
- Now an investigation report by the Texas parliament raises serious allegations against the security authorities.
The investigative committee in Texas speaks of systemic errors and outrageous wrong decisions that are responsible for the hesitant police action.
Legend:
A committee of inquiry from the Texas state legislature presented its report on the Uvalde killing spree on Sunday.
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Nearly 400 officers from various law enforcement agencies rushed to the elementary school in the town of Uvalde, the Texas Tribune reported on Sunday, citing the report.
Many of the responders were better trained and equipped than the school district police. They could have helped deal with the spreading chaos, the newspaper quoted from the report.
The report on the police operation on May 24 was written by a committee of inquiry in the Texas House of Representatives and distributed to relatives on Sunday.
“They failed to put the rescue of innocent victims above their own safety,” the newspaper quoted from the 77-page report. The mistakes made are not due to a lack of emergency personnel, but to a lack of leadership skills and effective communication.
They have failed to put the rescue of innocent victims before their own safety.
Several police officers described the scenes at the crime scene as chaotic and did not know who was in charge. Nobody took the initiative and took command, it said.
The perpetrator was only overpowered after 75 minutes
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in the small town. The attacker shot the children and teachers with an assault rifle. The police were heavily criticized for their hesitant intervention.
After the fact, she repeatedly changed her statements about the course of events. It finally turned out that the police only overpowered the perpetrator around 75 minutes after their arrival.