Update (1630ET): The gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas lingered outside for 12 minutes firing shots at people in a funeral home across the street, before scaling a fence onto school grounds where he fired more shots. He then entered the school and barricading himself in a classroom before opening fire, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Victor Escalon, a regional director for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said he couldn’t say why no one stopped the deceased gunman, 18 year-old Salvador Ramos, from entering the school during that time Tuesday. Most of the shots Ramos fired came during the first several minutes when he entered the school, Mr. Escalon said.
DPS officials previously said an armed school officer confronted Ramos as he arrived at the school. Mr. Escalon said Thursday that information was incorrect and no one encountered Ramos as he arrived at the school. “There was not an officer readily available and armed,” Mr. Escalon said. -WSJ
Ramos began Tuesday morning shooting his grandmother in the face, then using her truck to drive to the school – crashing it into a ditch at around 11:28 am according to a timeline laid out by Escalon.
At the end of the day…so what. LEOs are human beings. No amount of training can prepare one for the real thing. Folks are saying the LEOs had full body armor and should have immediately gone in. Well folks get in their shoes. Easy to monday morning QB after the fact. Shoulda coulda woulda after the fact. No one person is perfect. Sad but many heads will roll, many will lose their jobs….yet will anything be done?. State and locales have the ability yet politics always make cuts to services. Feds cant amd shouldnt make the rules.
And the door was still open? I wonder who ordered that?
SHOULD HAVE SHOT his ass then before going in !!!!!!!!!!
If the school’s COP was there , which he was NOT , Maybe he could have SHOT the Bastard !!!!!!!
should be a Machine gun nest in the office , to Fire Outside !!!!!
Shooter NEVER should have EVER gotten IN !!!!! NO Excuses !!!
Like always , the cops come after it is all over !!!!!