Security failures allowed the shooter to massacre 19 students and two teachers, school safety experts say.
, officials said. Behind the locked door of a fourth-grade classroom, he gunned down children and teachers.Amid the attack, nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway because the on-site commander believed the gunman was barricaded in the classroom and children were not at risk, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said at a Friday news conference, saying “it was the wrong decision.
“All those things on paper mean nothing if they’re not followed in practice. And there seemed to be a number of gaps,” he said.
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