UVALDE SCHOOL, SITE OF MASSACRE, TO BE DEMOLISHED

The elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, where a teen gunman killed 19 children and two teachers last month, will be demolished, the city's mayor said. The mayor's announcement on Tuesday came several hours after a senior Texas official said the law enforcement response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School was “an abject failure” in which a commander put the lives of officers over those of the children.

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin did not give a timeline, but told a council meeting: “You can never ask a child to go back or teacher to go back in that school ever.”

In a separate Texas state Senate hearing, Texas Department of Public Safety director Steven Mccraw said the onsite commander made “terrible decisions” and officers at the scene lacked sufficient training.