Published 2 years ago

Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy

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The frequency of lockdowns and security alerts in Uvalde, Texas, are now viewed as one of the tragic contributors to how a gunman was able to walk into a fourth-grade classroom unobstructed and slaughter 19 children and two teachers. Of the nearly 400 law enforcement officers at the scene of Robb Elementary, more than half were Border Patrol agents or state police, according to the report.

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The Independent

Frequent lockdowns may have led to slow Uvalde response

Nearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy

Teachers and students at Robb Elementary School knew the safety protocols when an 18-year-old with an AR-15 style rifle entered the building in May. Dozens of times in the previous four months alone, the campus had gone into lockdown or issued security alerts.

2 years ago·United States

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KIFI

Frequent lockdowns may have led to slow Uvalde response - Local News 8

By JAKE BLEIBERG and ACACIA CORONADO Associated PressUVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nearly two months after a deadly shooting a Texas elementary school, a Texas House of Representatives committee report found that nearly 400 officers from local, state and federal agencies responded to the 77-minute rampage in which 19 kids and two teachers died. According to the report, frequent lockdowns contributed to a “diminished sense of vigilance about responding to…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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ABC Australia

Frequent lockdowns reduced vigilance at Texas school targeted in shooting, report finds

Lockdowns triggered by the pursuit of migrants on the Mexico border created a "diminished sense of vigilance" at the Uvalde school where 19 children and two teachers were killed in May, a report has found.

2 years ago·Australia

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KVIA

Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy

By JAKE BLEIBERG and ACACIA CORONADO Associated PressUVALDE, Texas (AP) — Teachers and students at Robb Elementary School knew the safety protocols when an 18-year-old with an AR-15 style rifle entered the building in May. Dozens of times in the previous four months alone, the campus had gone into lockdown or issued security alerts. Not because of active shooter scares — because of nearby, often high-speed pursuits of migrants coming from the U.…

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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The Mercury news

Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy

By Jake Bleiberg and Acacia Coronado | Associated PressUVALDE, Texas — Teachers and students at Robb Elementary School knew the safety protocols when an 18-year-old with an AR-15 style rifle entered the building in May. Dozens of times in the previous four months alone, the campus had gone into lockdown or issued security alerts.Not because of active shooter scares — because of nearby, often high-speed pursuits of migrants coming from the U.S.-M…

2 years ago·San Jose, United States

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