Justice Department report into Uvalde school shooting expected this week

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FILE - A couple visits murals created to honor the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School, Aug. 25, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Department of Justice officials will release their findings of an investigation into the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting this week, 18 months after the massacre that left 21 people dead. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is planning this week to release findings of an investigation into the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school shooting. The department has been looking into the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The report is expected to be released Thursday. The school shooting was one of the deadliest in U.S. history. A panel of state lawmakers found in 2022 that nearly 400 officers responded when a gunman stormed the school, but they waited over an hour to confront the attacker.

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