Investigators in Texas were trying to determine how critical errors occurred in response to the Uvalde massacre on Saturday; Why were nearly 20 police officers left outside an elementary school classroom as panicked children called the emergency services for help?
Central to the ongoing investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety into the murder of 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest school shooting in the United States is why police officers stood in the hallway for nearly an hour before entering and killing the gunman. states in almost a decade.
Investigators are also looking for a reason for the attack. Salvador Ramos, a high school dropout, had no criminal record or history of mental illness.
At least two children called emergency services in adjacent fourth-grade rooms after Ramos, 18, entered the building on Tuesday with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, said Colonel Steven McCraw, director of the Public Safety department. Texas earlier this week.
“Room 112,” a girl whispered on the phone at 12:03 local time, more than 45 minutes before a US Border Patrol-led tactical team broke in at 12:51 p.m. and finished the siege of Robb Elementary School. In the town of Uvalde, with a population of 16,000, west of San Antonio.
At 12:43 p.m. and four minutes later, the same girl again begged the emergency operator to “please send the police now”.
McCraw, the commander on the scene, the head of the school district police department, said he believed Ramos had barricaded inside at the time and that the children were no longer at risk, giving the officers time to prepare.
source: Noticias
