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Bill Chappell

Here's what experts say police should have done in the Uvalde school shooting

People visit memorials Thursday for victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

In active shooter situations, police officers are trained to confront the shooter immediately — not to wait.

But in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the gunman spent more than an hour inside the school before a tactical unit killed him, despite officers' earlier arrival. That has raised questions about the police response — and whether some of the 19 children and two teachers who died might have been saved if officers had taken a different approach.

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