The report details the failures of several law enforcement agencies at the scene of the shooting, where 21 people were killed.
The Texas House of Representatives’ preliminary report on the massacre at Uvalden’s Robb Elementary School was released Sunday. Reported about it CNN (switch to another service).
The report details the failures of multiple law enforcement agencies and describes a “generally nonchalant approach” by authorities at the scene of a shooting that left 21 people dead on May 24.
The mayor of Uvalde says that the city’s police chief who was on duty on the day of the school shooting Mariano Pargas has been separated.
In June, also the police chief of the Uvalde school district Pedro Arredondo was placed on leave.
The 77-page report also details the negligence of several other parties, including the Uvalde school system, the shooter’s family and social media forums.
However, the committee did not find any “villains” other than the shooter in its investigations.
– There is no one we can accuse of malice or bad motives, the report states.
Instead, the inquiry committee found “systematic flaws and grossly poor decision-making”.
The investigative committee states that its work is still in progress and that several investigations are still ongoing.
However, it is the first report since the shooting at Robb Elementary to provide a comprehensive account of the shooting and the actions of law enforcement agencies, which have been sharply criticized.