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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Texas mental health services hadn’t reached Uvalde before shooting as teacher says gunman ‘scared’ her

AP

Texas mental health services put in place after the 2018 school shooting in Santa Fe still hadn’t reached Uvalde prior to last month’s shooting, lawmakers learned – as a teacher revealed that the gunman “scared” her and started “dressing like a school shooter” in the lead up to the attack.

Dr David Lakey, Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium, testified before the Texas Senate on Wednesday during a second day of public hearings about the Uvalde mass shooting.

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