Families attended a court hearing for Pete Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales, charged for failing to confront a gunman who killed 19 children and 2 teachers.

"The active shooter incident at Robb Elementary School was a profound tragedy and deeply traumatic event. The loss of innocent lives and the enduring emotional scars borne by the survivors, families, community, and first responders are immeasurable," said CBP Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner Troy A. Miller.

SEATTLE - More than two years after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, families and friends of the victims faced the two officers charged with abandoning and failing to protect the children who were killed and wounded that day.

US Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022 failed to establish command at the scene and had insufficient training to deal with what became one of the nation’s deadliest classroom attacks,

Clearer lines of authority and better training are needed for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to effectively respond to mass shooter incidents such as the one in Uvalde, Texas, the agency said Thursday.