Roundup: U.S. Justice Dept. finds "cascading failures" lead to Uvalde school shooting killing 23


HOUSTON, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released a review into the May 2022 primary school shooting in which 19 kids and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas, blaming "cascading failures of leadership" in law enforcement response to the tragedy.

"The response to the May 24, 2022, mass casualty incident at Robb Elementary School was a failure," said the 575-page Critical Incident Review that includes gut-wrenching new details about the shooting and its aftermath.

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