At least eight 911 calls were made from classrooms at Robb Elementary between 12:03 p.m. — half an hour after the gunman entered the school — and when law enforcement stormed in nearly 50 minutes later. What we know about the police response so far 👇
The on-site commander, chief of the Uvalde school district's police department, believed that the gunman was barricaded inside the classrooms and that children were no longer at immediate risk.said at a briefing FridayStandard law enforcement protocols call for police to confront an active school shooter without delay, rather than waiting for backup or more firepower.
Videos showed anguished parents outside the school, urging police to storm the building during the attack, with some having to be restrained by police.How many kids could have been saved, as medical experts stress that critically wounded gunshot victims must be evacuated to a trauma center within 60 minutes — a time period that emergency physicians call "the golden hour," according to Reuters.
Why a more experienced commander from a bigger agency didn't take over. Police are stationed outside the home of Uvalde School District police chief Pete Arredondo, who is said to have made the fateful decision to wait,
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