Police knew for 77 minutes that more than a dozen students remained alive inside a locked Uvalde classroom but still stood by as they waited to act before tactical gear would arrive, analysis of the shooting shows.
“People are going to ask why we’re taking so long," embattled schools police chief Pete Arredondo appeared to say during the deadly siege, according to a New York Times analysis.
In the days since 19 children and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, investigators have examined law enforcement's immediate response closely as to if police should have attacked the killer sooner.The confrontation ended when a Border Patrol unit, in tactical gear, finally got into the two connected classrooms and killed the gunman.
Schools police chief Pete Arredondo is believed to have been the incident commander and has taken the brunt of the criticism for officers not confronting the gunman immediately.
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