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Report shows nearly 400 officers waited as Uvalde shooter killed children

Headline from WUSA9, on the newest of 2 developments

The report is one of the most complete accounts yet of the hesitant and haphazard response to the May 24 massacre.

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  1. Uvalde report: 376 officers but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions

    Headline from Omaha World-Herald ·

  2. Newest

    Report shows nearly 400 officers waited as Uvalde shooter killed children

    Headline from WUSA9 ·

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  1. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    Uvalde report: 400 officers but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier's feed description

    A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school. But “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in a

  2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Uvalde report: 376 officers but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school. But “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in a

  3. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Report: 'Systemic Failures' at Uvalde Shooting With 400 Officers Present (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    A report says nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school. But “systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman was finally confronted and killed.

  4. WUSA9

    Report shows nearly 400 officers waited as Uvalde shooter killed children (opens WUSA9)

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    WUSA9's feed description

    The report is one of the most complete accounts yet of the hesitant and haphazard response to the May 24 massacre.

  5. Hot Air

    Nearly 400 officers were in Uvalde before the gunman was killed (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to mass shooting that left 21 people dead at a Uvalde elementary school but “systemic failures” created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an...

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