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Podcast: True Crime Reporter
Episode: Police Waited To Subdue Killer While Uvalde School Children Lay Dying
Description:
A 77-page report by a special committee of the Texas House of Representatives concluded that no one was able to stop the gunman from carrying out the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, in part because of “systemic failures and egregious poor decision making” by nearly everyone involved who was in a position of power.
376 law enforcement officers descended on the school in a chaotic, uncoordinated scene devoid of clear leadership and a sense of urgency to take down the gunman, according to the report.
It is the most exhaustive account of what happened to dat...