State Police Blame Uvalde Scene Commander For Delayed Response
Investigators said on Friday that the director of the Uvalde school's shooting range preferred to wait for additional help rather than continue to break into a classroom where students were being shot and the gunman barricaded himself behind closed doors. Texas Public Safety Director Steve McCrow called it a "wrong decision," adding that "there is no excuse," and said officers should continue trying to hit the shooter with "extra equipment" before troops arrive. After three days of disagreements with Texas DPS officials, McCrow confessed that more than an hour and 15 minutes had passed between when the first officers entered the school building and the moment they entered the classroom and killed the shooter, after they finally found the received keys. . to the room. school guard. Greg Abbott (right) of Texas told a news conference on Friday that the information police gave him earlier this week was partially incorrect. Ebat has previously praised ...