Police officer Uvalde arrived at Robb Elementary School before the mass shooting. with rifle and had chance to shoot alleged shooter Salvador Ramos, according to The New York Times.
Officer, who was armed with AR-15 rifle, had a brief chance shoot Ramos as he approached the school, but declined to do this for fear that he hit Another children playing around the building senior deputy sheriff who spoke to the newspaper, said.
Finally, the gunman entered the school and opened fire, killing 19 children and two adults before they were killed by law enforcement.
latest revelation from the times shows another decision in police response to the shooting, which may have affected events that day.
The police have been criticized for their response to the shooting at Uvalda after being taken over hour to engage in combat with the shooter.
Uvalde’s employees arrived at the scene. of Robb Elementary fast, but waited outside the next class where Ramos locked himself in with pupils who were still alive.
After filming, the director of Department of Texas of Public Safety, Stephen McCraw, said the officer in team on the scene believed that the situation had changed from active shooter position to barricade position and children were no more in danger.
Answer of law enforcement to shooting currently through numerous investigations, including the Department of Justice, Texas Rangers and special Committee of Texas Legislature.
The police were first was criticized when the video appeared of parents supplication with officers to confront the shooter inside the school, and some of them were forcibly stopped by the officers as they tried to break into the school to rescue their children.
Ramos supposedly in possession of two AR-15s, one of which he purchased on his 18th birthday.
BUT group of bipartisan legislators in The US Senate was in negotiations for a deal on legislation to restrict gun Violence after shooting in Uvalde and another mass shooting in Buffalo, New York
