'Systemic failures' in Uvalde
A Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting blamed multiple failures by those in positions in power for not stopping the massacre. Historic temperatures are raging through Western Europe. We'll catch up on the World Track and Field Championships in Oregon.
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Uvalde school shooting report finds 'systemic failures' in law enforcement response
A Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting released a preliminary report that blamed multiple failures by those in positions of power – including nearly 400 law enforcers who converged on the scene – for not halting the massacre. The committee held closed-door meetings over the past month investigating the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead on May 24. Read what's in the preliminary report.
What the report means: The findings are the most complete account yet of the response to the deadly shooting.
- Immediate impact: Lt. Mariano Pargas, a Uvalde Police Department officer who was the city’s acting police chief during the massacre, was placed on administrative leave after the report was released.
- 'We got to get in there': Uvalde officials have released police body camera footage from seven Uvalde police officers after the release of the committee's report as well as video taken from the school's hallway.
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Associated Press contributed reporting.