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Nearly 400 cops at Uvalde mass shooting ‘failed to prioritize saving lives over own safety,’ panel reveals

Nearly 400 law-enforcement officers responded to the scene of the Uvalde school massacre, but their “overall lackadaisical approach” meant the gunman wasn’t confronted for more than a hour — helping him slaughter 19 fourth-graders and two teachers, a scathing new probe says.

In one outrageous finding by the special Texas House panel investigating the deadly debacle, the local chief schools cop “wasted” a “precious” 40 minutes searching for a key to a room with dying children inside — when it’s “very likely” that the door wasn’t even locked, probers said.

“At Robb Elementary, law enforcement responders failed to adhere to their active shooter training, and they failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety,” the report said.

Responding to the May 24 mass-shooting scene in the Texas town were 376 law-enforcement personnel: 149 Border Patrol officers; 91 members of the state Department of Public Safety; 14 from the Department of Homeland Security; 25 from the Uvalde Police Department; 16 from the San Antonio Police Department and another 16 from the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office, according to the report released Sunday.

Yet the army of law enforcement was part of “systemic failures and egregious poor decision making” contributing to the tragic debacle, probers said.

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