The Uvalde crime scene investigators almost missed the shooter's 'hellfire trigger' device because someone threw it in the trash, DOJ report says

Thu, 01/18/2024 - 15:27

uvalde school shooting crime scene — Investigators almost threw away the "hellfire trigger system" the shooter had used on his rifle, a new Justice Department report on the Uvalde school shooting says.
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The Justice Department released a nearly 600-page report on the 2022 Uvalde school shooting.
The DOJ described the law-enforcement response to the shooting as "cascading failures."
The crime scene teams nearly missed crucial evidence because it was thrown away, the DOJ said.

The investigative teams assigned to process the scene of the Uvalde school shooting almost missed a crucial piece of evidence because it somehow ended up in the trash, according to a bombshell new Justice Department report criticizing law enforcement's response to the May 2022 crisis.