Something I'm not clear on. The Chief didn't go in because he thought it was a hostage situation. But then there are reports of kids calling 911 and dispatcher's heard shots. So, did 19 police in a hallway next to the classroom not hear any shots? Or were there no shots?
Three of them were wounded (grazed by bullets) in the school and the shooter then retreated to a classroom and they were then told by their commander to stand down even though there were more shots and children screaming inside the classroom with the shooter.
911 gets phone calls from inside the room, from children, saying there are multiple victims.
At that point, they should have stormed the classroom as their training dictate they should do although their training dictates that they should have stormed the shooter in an "active shooter" situation in the school when officers were first shot.
Then sometime in the timeline...someone stated they needed a key to unlock the door and that they were waiting for the person (a janitor) for the key when in reality they had been told by their commander to stand down and wait for additional equipment and a tactical team.
I believe most of the kids were shot in the first few minutes after the shooter gained entry into the classroom.
We should find out later from coroner reports if those children had immediately died or died from their wounds after bleeding out during that one hour of waiting...during a time when 17 - 19 police officers stood outside the classroom door doing nothing while listening to crying and screams from inside the room.
- Calling the police and their commander...cowards...is an understatement.
From the images, it looked like a very old elementary school with several windows to that classroom. Police could have engaged the shooter from outside the windows
or just kicked in the damn door to take out the shooter considering the police were already aware that there were victims and two of their own had already been wounded.
Simply, the police knew exactly what was occurring in that classroom while they stood outside the door...
just waiting.
It's time for the Uvalde community / Mayor that loves hurling profanity on national TV for all to watch
to fire the Police Chief although he still may be able to keep his position on the board after being elected to it.
If they can't fire him...do a recall vote and put pressure on him to resign.
wrbtrader