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Despite ample school security plan, Texas shooter found gaps

FILE - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, attends a prayer vigil with Uvalde County Sheriff Ruben Nolasco, left, in Uvalde, Texas, on May 25, 2022. Republicans including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz have called for investments in school security. Some experts say those measures only go so far and can sometimes backfire. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) FILE - Campus monitor Hector Garcia greets students as they get off the bus at the start of the school day at West Elementary School in New Canaan, Conn., on Nov. 6, 2017. The shooting massacre at a Texas elementary school has spurred renewed calls for school safety, but experts debate whether more heavily fortified schools are the right solution. (AP Photo/Michael Melia, File) FILE - Students at William Hackett Middle School pass through metal detectors on the first day of school, on Sept. 6, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. The shooting massacre at a Texas elementary school has spurred renewed calls for school safety, but experts debate whether more heavily fortified schools are the right solution. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File) FILE -- New Washington, Ohio, Chief of Police Scott Robertson talks with fourth grade students as they huddle in closet a during a lockdown drill at the St. Bernard School in New Washington, Ohio, Jan. 14, 2013. The shooting massacre at a Texas elementary school has spurred renewed calls for school safety, but experts debate whether more heavily fortified schools are the right solution. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File) Members of the media take photos of a map of the school which was used a press conference held outside Robb Elementary School on Friday, May 27, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Nearly 20 officers stood in a hallway outside of the classrooms during this week's attack on a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)