Texas state police blame Uvalde scene commander for delayed response
“The three initial police officers that arrived went directly to the door and to receive grazing wounds at that time from the suspect while the door was closed,” McCraw said.
Late Friday, two senior federal law enforcement officials told NBC News that members of the US Border Patrol’s elite tactical team arrived at the school between noon and 12:15 p.m. but that they were first instructed by local law enforcement to wait and not go after the gunman. After approximately 30 minutes the officials said the Border Patrol agents went against the guidance they were given and lead a “stack” of officers in entering the classroom.
Videos taken outside the building show parents pleading with police during that time, even offering to storm the building themselves.Finally at 12:50 p.m., more than an hour and 15 minutes after the shooting began, McCraw said police and members of the Border Patrol tactical team entered the room and killed the suspect.McCraw said the scene commander, who he identified as the local school district police chief, should not have waited.
He said it was not clear if 9-1-1 operators told officers the victims that were calling were still alive.Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw takes questions from the media outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 27, 2022.
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