A senior Texas security official said police were wrong to delay breaking into the classroom where an 18-year-old gunman was locked up with dead and injured children. Police have been under a barrage of criticism since the day of the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, for taking over an hour to neutralize the shooter, who ultimately killed 19 pupils and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.
Texas, 18-year-old perpetrator of the massacre for more than an hour inside the school
27 Maggio 2022
“In hindsight … it was the wrong decision, period,” Texas Public Safety Chief Steven McCraw said in a cracked voice at a news conference, where he was besieged with questions. on the delay in breaking in. McCraw revealed details of a series of emergency calls from the two classrooms where the shooter had barricaded himself, including a phone call from a child asking for help from the police. The official then explained that the commander on the spot believed at the time that 18-year-old gun Salvador Ramos was alone inside, with no survivors, after the initial assault.