Instead, it took 77 minutes from when the 18-year-old shooter walked into Robb Elementary School until he was stopped.
“The response to the May 24, 2022, mass casualty incident at Robb Elementary School was a failure,” the Justice Department report concludes bluntly.
He added in the exclusive interview that the families “expressed pain, anger and every human emotion that you would expect.”.
Kimberly Mata-Rubio, center, and other family members of the Uvalde shooting victims listen to US Justice Department officials during Thursday's news conference.
Then-school Police Chief Pete Arredondo, then-acting Uvalde Police Chief Mariano Pargas and Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco are singled out for failing to lead.
Both were on the scene within minutes, but neither took effective command, the report finds.
In a statement, the Texas Department of Public Safety thanked the DOJ for its report. »