The small town of Uvalde Texas was unable to handle the mass shooter

I don't claim to be an expert on this event nor did I follow it very closely!

However, it appears quite obvious that the police department and the public school of this village of about 16,000 population between the Mexican-U.S. border and San Antonio was not well prepared to handle such a fast evolving situation. San Antonio is about 80 miles west of this village.