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Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said a child or teacher "can never be asked to go back in that school ever" in an announcement made during a council meeting on Tuesday

‘He was detained and they took his gun away from him and escorted him off the scene’

AUSTIN, Texas — Calling the police response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw testified to the Texas Senate on Tuesday, corroborating reports indicating that numerous police were inside the school within minutes of the first 911 calls.

AUSTIN, Texas — Calling the police response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw gave a detailed report to the Texas Senate Tuesday, corroborating reports indicating that numerous police were inside the school within minutes of the first 911 calls.

Uvalde chief "decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children," says DPS Director Steven McCraw

"The officers had weapons, the children had none. The officers had body armor, the children had none."

Pete Arredondo told the Texas Tribune he didn't think he was the incident commander.

Police waited for protective equipment as they delayed entering the Texas elementary school where a gunman inside killed 19 children and two teachers

After Columbine, FBI training urged that quick action is critical to saving lives. Somehow that lesson hasn’t been learned