UVALDE, Texas — More than a week after the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, one thing is clear: The heightened security surrounding this town near the border ultimately didn’t stop a homegrown shooter from inflicting terror on the community.
As the investigation continues into the flawed response of law enforcement during the massacre, elected officials and residents say the examination must also look at whether the state’s outsize focus on border security has diminished its ability to deal with other threats.
This small, tight-knit city of about 16,000 between San Antonio and the Texas-Mexico border, some 65 miles away, is crawling with local, state and federal law enforcement officers who live and work here, generally to stop drugs and migrants from entering the United States.
