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Uvalde school shooting victims seek $27bn in class-action lawsuit

At Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a gunman stormed the campus, killing 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest school shooting in the US in nearly a decade [File: Eric Gay/AP Photo]

Victims of the Uvalde school shooting that left 21 people dead have filed a lawsuit against local and state police, the city and other school and law enforcement officials seeking $27bn due to delays in confronting the attacker, court documents show.

The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Austin on Tuesday, says officials failed to follow active attacker protocol when they waited more than an hour to confront the attacker inside a fourth-grade classroom.

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