“The only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from entering rooms 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander, who decided to place the lives of officers over the lives of children,” said Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw.
could have been taken down three minutes after he entered the building, the state’s top law enforcement official testified at a hearing on Tuesday.
of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department, who previously claimed he couldn’t engage Ramos because Ramos was holed up in a locked classroom. “All today was was pain,” Alsaffar said. “This just makes them feel like something could have been done to save their son.” “He was right—officers are likely to get hurt, and some may die,” McCraw said during the session called by the Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans. “But it’s less likely that they would than children without the armor, without the weapons, without the training, left alone with someone who... ultimately killed 21 people.”Responding officers had at least two rifles and ballistic shields shortly after arriving at Robb Elementary, according to McCraw.
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