Nearly a month after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, several key questions about the police response remain unanswered.
to the classroom the gunman was in, according to a report from the San Antonio Express News that has been confirmed by sources to ABC News, although ABC News did not review the footage. While the classroom doors at the school are designed to lock automatically when they close, according to the report, new evidence suggests that the door may have been unlocked the entire time, despite the police assuming it was locked.
But whether the alert successfully reached the Robb community remains unclear. Arnulfo Reyes, a teacher inside one of the classrooms attacked by the gunman, said sometimes his Raptor app pings with alerts about nearby incidents -- but that no alert came on the day of the attack.Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said it appeared that information may not have been relayed to officers on the ground, and Arredondo said in an interview that he was not aware of 911 calls while he waited in the hallway outside the classroom because he did not have his radio -- which he said he intentionally left behind because he thought it would slow him down.
Eventually, officers on the scene used a key retrieved from a janitor to unlock the door to the classroom where the gunman had barricaded himself. Cohen, the former Homeland Security official, said the fact that officers had to resort to such a simple method of breaching the classroom after such a long period of time reflects poorly on the officers' planning.
Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo speaks at a press conference following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022."The Uvalde Police Department has been cooperative," said Burrows. Regarding Tuesday's hearing, he said, "We're going to hear from another officer with the Uvalde ISD [school district]. We're going to hear from a member of the Department of Public Safety on the ground.
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