Five Texas Officers to Be Investigated Over Botched Response to Uvalde Shooting

Five Texas Officers to Be Investigated Over Botched Response to Uvalde Shooting
A makeshift memorial sits outside Robb Elementary School, the site of a mass shooting on May 24, in Uvalde, Texas, on June 21, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Five Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be investigated over the mishandled response to a mass shooting in Uvalde, the state agency confirmed on Sept. 7.

Ninety-one DPS troopers rushed to Robb Elementary School on May 24, as the shooting took place. Officials at various agencies have described the response, which saw officers stand for over 75 minutes outside the room where the shooter was as more people were shot, as problematic. Steve McCraw, head of the DPS, told lawmakers over the summer it was an “abject failure.”

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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