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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Frequent lockdowns may have led to slow Uvalde response

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Teachers and students at Robb Elementary School knew the safety protocols when an 18-year-old with an AR-15 style rifle entered the building in May. Dozens of times in the previous four months alone, the campus had gone into lockdown or issued security alerts.

Not because of active shooter scares — because of nearby, often high-speed pursuits of migrants coming from the U.S.-Mexico border.

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