- A Texas state senator said "we have all failed" after last week's deadly shooting in Uvalde.
- Democratic lawmaker Roland Gutierrez told reporters that "everyone is to blame" for the massacre.
- Officials have faced criticism for their handling of the school shooting that left 19 children dead.
A Texas state senator said there is "enough" blame to go around after the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two adults dead.
"Everybody is to blame for what went on," Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez said at a Thursday press conference. "On some level, including me, who didn't yell loud enough."
A visibly emotional Gutierrez said there was both human and system error, and refrained from pinning responsibility on a single entity or person for last week's tragedy.
"We have all failed," Gutierrez said. "To the one family that I have spoken to, whose daughter was shot one time only, who likely bled out, I can only say we are sorry."
In the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School — the country's deadliest since Sandy Hook in 2012 — authorities have struggled to piece together the timeline of what happened before, during, and after the massacre.
Texas officials have made crucial changes to the story over a dozen times, adding to confusion about how the shooting unfolded and fueling local — and national — anger over the police response.
"We've gotten some answers, and we've gotten some bad answers," Gutierrez said. "We've gotten some information which the next day turns out to be different."
Despite this, Gutierrez added that Texas police performed "one of the worst investigations I've seen" in any crime scene.