Police response to Ulvade shooting a failure

Published: Jan. 18, 2024, 7:18 p.m.

The US\xa0Department of Justice says the police response to a deadly school shooting\xa0in 2022 was a failure.\nThe school shooting in Ulvade,Texas,\xa0resulted in the death of 19 students and two teachers.\nDozens of officers descended on Robb Elementary School soon after police were notified, but took over an hour to confront and kill the gunman.\nThe scathing report said there were cascading failures of leadership and decision-making within the police response.\nBen Strang spoke to U.S correspondent Benji Hyer.