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Gunman’s uncle drove him twice to gun store to pick up firearms

DALLAS — The gunman who opened fire inside a Uvalde elementary school reportedly had been nicknamed “school shooter,” terrorized women with graphic threats of violence and became fascinated by mass killings before the May massacre.

Nearly 400 officers from myriad agencies went to the school, but were stymied by a lack of coordination, report details

Nearly 400 law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, but “egregiously poor decision-making” resulted in more than an hour of chaos before the gunman who took 21 lives was finally confronted and killed, according to a damning investigative report released Sunday.

A report into the Ulvalde school shooting that left 21 dead condemns the inaction of heavily armed officers, with the grandfather of one victim saying: "They've got no business wearing a badge."

DALLAS — For families in Uvalde, Sunday brought with it the weight of the most exhaustive account of their loved one’s final moments yet. In a long-awaited, 77-page report, a Texas House committee told them there is not one person to blame, but instead a long series of “systemic failures…

The scathing new report by lawmakers in Texas says "systemic failures" created a chaotic scene that lasted more than an hour before the gunman at Robb Elementary School was finally confronted.

Nearly 400 officers were on the scene of the mass shooting and failed to stop the gunman for 77 minutes

Among the findings: Police lacked clear leadership and basic communications, school doors were routinely left open and the gunman gave hints of his coming rampage.

Identified as at-risk, he never received special education services and ultimately flunked out, according to a Texas House committee report.

In total, 376 law enforcement officers descended upon the school, according to the most extensive account of the shooting to date. It says that better-equipped departments should have stepped up to fill a leadership void after the Uvalde schools police chief failed to take charge.