A new independent report by private investigator Jesse Prado has found that police and dispatchers in Uvalde, Texas, did not violate agency policy when responding to a gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers in 2022. 

Prado was hired by the city to write a report that could be used in a trial. Meanwhile, family members of victims expressed fury with the conclusion.

Prado is a former Austin police detective hired by the city two months after the May 24, 2022 shooting. His report acknowledged that officers failed to enter the classroom to stop the shooter until 77 minutes had passed.

“An active shooter with access to victims should never be considered and treated as a barricaded subject," Prado's report read.

However, Prado recommended in that former Uvalde Acting Police Chief Mariano Pargas be exonerated.

His report also said that Uvalde police officers and dispatchers did not violate agency policy on the day of the attack.

For more, check out our exclusive content on CGTN Now and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The China Report.