The Uvalde massacre began after the 18-year-old gunman entered the school through a door that could only be locked from the outside and then got inside a classroom that had a busted lock
Securing doors has long been a focus of school safety drills, and the inability to do so during theruns counter to best practices, experts said.
Nearly a month after the rampage, Col. Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, further amended what his agency's investigation shows: The teacher did close the door, but unbeknownst to her, it could be locked only from the outside. “I’m trying to think if I’ve even ever seen that. It’s so rare that that would be the case. Why wouldn’t there be an opportunity to lock it from the inside?"“Shouldn’t the security of the school be as safe as the security of your home?" he asked. “To only be able to lock from the outside is just totally unacceptable in my view."
Stephens said the way the situation played out spoke to the broader need of having a crisis plan in place.
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