Did law enforcement act fast enough in Uvalde? | Opinion
Border Patrol agents walk around a memorial before a Texas Department of Public Safety press conference providing updates about the Tuesday shooting that left 19 children and two adults dead at Robb Elementary School on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in front of the school in Uvalde, TX.
A DPS official said Thursday that law enforcement officers were in the building not long after the gunman locked himself in a classroom. Those officers took fire from the gunman, backed off and waited for nearly an hour for a tactical assault team to arrive. During that time, anguished parents shouted to law enforcement officers outside the school to enter the building immediately. Some parents had to be kept from charging into the building in search of their children.
The story keeps changing. Lt. Christopher Olivarez with DPS previously told CNN that a school security officer outside was armed, and had exchanged gunfire with Ramos. Later Olivarez said law enforcement wasn’t sure about that account. At Thursday’s news conference, another DPS official said there was no school resources officer at the school and that the shooter entered the school unimpeded through an unlocked door.
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