Days after officers waited for more than an hour to confront a gunman who had massacred 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde officials tried to convince leaders to go along with a narrative painting the police response as heroic.
In this photo from surveillance video provided by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District via the Austin American-Statesman, authorities stage in a hallway as they respond to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. who had massacred 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, Uvalde city officials tried to convince state leaders to go along with a narrative painting the police response as heroic.
“The total number of persons saved by the heroes that are local law enforcement and the other assisting agencies is over 500 per ,” city officials claimed in the document. “40 minutes were not wasted but each minute was used to save lives of children and teachers. But for and UCISD being on scene IMMEDIATELY, that shooter would have had free range on the school.”
By June 2, Mayor McLaughlin had become increasingly irate over McCraw’s briefings with reporters and lawmakers. McCraw appeared to cast blame on local officers — in particular the on-scene commander, Uvalde school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo — for holding back instead of quickly confronting and shooting the killer.
“Officers Pete Arredondo, Donald Page, Daniel Coronado and Adrian Gonzalez followed the sound of gun fire and entered the west end of Robb School while officers Javy Martinez and Eddie Canales entered the east end of Robb School, also following the sound of gunfire. There was zero hesitation on any of these officers’ part, they moved directly towards the gunfire.”
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