Uvalde School Shooting Response Criticized, Victims' Families Demand Accountability
Despite federal investigators identifying major failures, officer training remains largely unchanged; district attorney convenes grand jury as families seek prosecutions.
- Federal investigators have identified the decision not to rapidly confront the gunman as the biggest failure during the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed.
- Despite several inquiries highlighting the shortfall in the response, officer training on active-shooter events has not been substantially revised to address the chaotic decision-making that led to the slow response.
- The U.S. Department of Justice's review of the law enforcement response to the shooting has been met with frustration by victims' families, who are seeking prosecutions and more information.
- Uvalde District Attorney Christina Mitchell has convened a grand jury to start examining evidence in the Robb Elementary case, but her prosecution timeline remains unclear.
- Some officers have been fired over their handling of the Robb shooting, but the names of the vast majority of officers who responded to the school have not been made public.
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