'Critical failures' in Texas school massacre response

'Critical failures' in Texas school massacre response — US justice dept

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 20, 2024 12:08 am

WASHINGTON, United States: A damning Justice Department report on Thursday cited 'critical failures' by Texas police who waited until 21 people had been killed by a mass shooter at a school before finally intervening.

Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary School in May 2022 in America's worst school shooting in a decade. Police eventually shot and killed the gunman.

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