The department’s review concluded that a series of major failures, failures in leadership and tactics and communications, in training and in preparedness were made by law enforcement leaders and others responding to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. As a result, 33 students and three of their teachers, many of whom had been shot, were trapped in a room with an active shooter for over an hour as law enforcement officials remained outside. The victims and survivors of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022, deserve better. First and foremost, the 19 children and their two teachers who were stolen from their loved ones should be here today. They never should have been targeted by a mass shooter.

Source: New York Times January 18, 2024 20:02 UTC