“Maybe the headlines are going to be ‘City of Uvalde sues DPS,’ ‘City sues district attorney for information,’' Uvalde's mayor said during a hearing before a Texas Senate committee Tuesday. “Because we damn sure aren’t getting it any other way.”
AUSTIN, Texas—Officers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last month had nothing barring them from entering a dual classroom where a shooter was activelyThe classroom door wasn’t locked, DPS Director Steven McCraw said during a hearing
before a Texas Senate committee Tuesday. He said police officers armed with rifles and protected by body armor were on the scene within three minutes. Even had the door been secured, Mr. McCraw said, officers had tools to break it open. Yet they waited
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