Several armed policemen with rifles and ballistic shield were at Robb Elementary School 19 minutes after he shot new details – however, law enforcement still waited approximately an hour to infiltrate the classroom where the shooter was carrying out his deadly frenzy last month.
new details have been included in Austin American Statesman and KVUE reports on Monday and note latest revelations of the failed police response to the May 24 mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas left 19 students and two teachers dead.
CCTV footage from inside the school shows armed officers standing in the hallway at 11:52 a.m. after militant Salvador Ramos broke into the school at 11:33 a.m. through the front door, which was failed for automatic blocking.
A recently released report contradicts earlier reports that Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who was in accusation of police response, waiting for tactical gear and protective shield to move on shooter.
“There were 19 officers. in there,” Colonel Stephen McCraw, director of Department of Texas of Public Security Service, the report said media briefing a few days after the mass shooting. “In fact there were many of officers to do whatever is necessary, with one exception – the commander of the incident inside believed that they needed more equipment as well as more officers to make a tactical breakthrough at this point.”
School security cadres as well as the police body camera video shows the officers had enough firepower and protection take out according to the statesman, the shooter is much earlier than they are.
first Officer with ballistic shield who entered the school questions why they did not try to enter the classroom. “If there are children in We are there need go in there, officer says in body footage from the camera.
At 12:03 the officer with another shield arrivedsa followed by a third two minutes later, according to KVUE.
After trying to talk with Ramos, Arredondo informs SWAT officers who profit that they should break down the classroom door soon as they were ready at 12:46 p.m., they reported that after four minutes they finally broke into the room and shot Ramos dead.
Based on on footage of the incident and the testimony of Arredondo himself, it is believed that some of delay was based on his attempts to find the keys to unlock the classroom door – thought it was unclear if it was locked. The police did not even check or try to open it, despite the fact that access to a Halligan tool that could break the lock, according to the San Antonio Express News.
Arredondo tried dozens of keys, but told the officers to wait for tactical team when none worked, the report said.
Department of Texas of Public Security is investigating the officers’ response to the mass shooting.
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