Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell did not respond to inquiries regarding the empaneling of a grand jury to investigate a school shooting. The grand jury investigation was first reported by the Uvalde Leader-News.

Following the revelations of multiple police failures during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history, the families of the victims have renewed their calls for criminal charges.

A comprehensive investigation conducted by the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing, known as the COPS Office, has revealed shocking findings regarding the tragic massacre that took place on May 24, 2022. The report, which involved the analysis of thousands of data points, documentation, and over 260 interviews, including with law enforcement, school personnel, family members of victims, witnesses, and survivors, sheds light on the failures and shortcomings that contributed to the devastating event.

Expressing her disappointment, Velma Lisa Duran, whose sister, Irma Garcia, was one of the two teachers killed in the shooting, conveyed her surprise that no one has been held accountable for the tragedy. Duran stated, "It's sort of a slap in the face that all we get is a review ... we deserve justice."

The report primarily points fingers at the former police chief of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, who was terminated following the incident. It highlights the lack of an active shooter policy within the school district and the dissemination of incorrect information by the police to the affected families. The inadequate response by law enforcement to the shooting, which resulted in the deaths of 19 elementary students and two teachers, further exacerbated the trauma experienced by the families.

However, it is important to note that the Justice Department's report does not address any potential criminal charges.

Attorney General Condemns Law Enforcement Response to Robb Elementary Shooting

"A series of major failures — failures in leadership in tactics, in communications, in training and in preparedness — were made by law enforcement and others responding to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary," stated Attorney General Merrick Garland during a news conference held in Uvalde. "As a result, 33 students and three of their teachers, many of whom had been shot, were trapped in a room with an active shooter for over an hour as law enforcement officials remained outside."

The attorney general reiterated a key finding of the Justice Department's examination, emphasizing that "the law enforcement response at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, and in the hours and days after was a failure that should not have happened."

"Lives would've been saved and people would've survived" had law enforcement confronted the shooter swiftly in accordance with widely accepted practices in an active-shooter situation, Garland said.