Police are facing questions over how much time elapsed before they charged into the Texas school that was the scene of a deadly mass shooting on Tuesday
Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
‘Precious individuals’ and their two teachers died in the Texas elementary school shooting. This is what we know about them so far Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said Wednesday that 40 minutes to an hour elapsed from when Ramos opened fire on the school security officer to when the tactical team shot him.
Meanwhile, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said the Border Patrol agents had trouble breaching the classroom door and had to get a staff member to open the room with a key. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly about the investigation.
“Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to,” he said. “More could have been done.”Carranza had watched as Ramos crashed his truck into a ditch outside the school, grabbed his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and shot at two people outside a funeral home, who ran away uninjured.
Ramos’ grandmother emerged covered in blood: “She says, `Berto, this is what he did. He shot me.”' She was hospitalized.
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