“Ma’am, let me tell you something. I feel your pain. We all do,” Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told Velma Lisa Duran at one point during the meeting. Duran looked at McLaughlin. …
File photo: For weeks, families of the victims and Uvalde residents have asked for explanations about why police took so long to enter the school, and why authorities didn’t act on concerns about the gunman’s behavior.at a school in Uvalde, Texas, have had enough.their anger and frustration at the lack of answers about the apparently bungled law enforcement response boiled over Thursday at an emotional City Council meeting.
Since May 24, authorities have changed their account multiple times of key facts about what happened inside the classrooms and what police did during the time the 18-year-old gunman wreaked his carnage. Indeed, questions over the police response have compounded the pain of grieving families, especially when they specifically learned the gunman remained inside classrooms from 11:33 a.m. until 12:50 p.m. — when, officials said, officers finally breached a door and killed him.
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