The TxDPS director detailed harrowing 911 calls by Uvalde teachers and students trapped inside with the gunman, including one where a student, more than an hour after the shooter entered the school, begged the 911 operator: “Please send the police now.”
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“When it comes to an active shooter, you don't have to wait on tactical gear, plain and simple,” he said. At the same time, DPS officials — who are leading the shooting investigation along with local police — have often givenFor example, DPS officials initially said the 18-year-old gunman encountered a school district police officer when he arrived on school grounds — and gave conflicting accounts about whether the officer fired at the gunman.
McCraw said the gunman fired at two passersby on the street, then went to the school, where he fired shots at the building from outside before entering the building at 11:33 a.m. through the back door that a teacher had left propped open.
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