{"id":1493058,"date":"2022-05-26T12:16:28","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493058"},"modified":"2022-05-26T12:16:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:16:50","slug":"police-face-questions-over-delays-in-storming-texas-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-face-questions-over-delays-in-storming-texas-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Face Questions Over Delays in Storming Texas School"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-face-questions-over-delays-in-storming-texas-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1493058&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">UVALDE, Texas (AP) \u2014 Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed a Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators were also unable to say with any certainty whether an armed school district security officer outside Robb Elementary in the town of Uvalde exchanged fire with the attacker, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, when Ramos first arrived on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The motive for the massacre \u2014 the nation\u2019s deadliest school shooting since Newtown, Connecticut, a decade ago \u2014 remained under investigation, with authorities saying Ramos had no known criminal or mental health history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">During the siege, which ended when a U.S. Border Patrol team burst in and shot the gunman to death, frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the school, according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cGo in there! Go in there!\u201d women shouted at the officers soon after the attack began, said Juan Carranza, 24, who watched the scene from outside a house across the street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said Wednesday that 40 minutes to an hour elapsed from when Ramos opened fire on the school security officer to when the tactical team shot him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe bottom line is law enforcement was there,\u201d McCraw said. \u201cThey did engage immediately. They did contain (Ramos) in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video | pb-3 w-100\">\n<p><span class=\"video-description\">Stories have emerged about the lives of the 19 children and their two teachers who were killed at a school on Tuesday. (Credit: CNN Newsource)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But a department spokesman said Thursday that authorities were still working to clarify the timeline of the attack, uncertain whether that period of 40 minutes to an hour began when the shooter reached the school or earlier, when he shot his grandmother at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cRight now we do not have an accurate or confident timeline to provide to say the gunman was in the school for this period,\u201d Lt. Christopher Olivarez told CNN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz did not give a timeline but said repeatedly that the tactical officers from his agency who arrived at the school did not hesitate. He said they moved quickly to enter the building, lining up in a \u201cstack\u201d behind an agent holding up a shield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhat we wanted to make sure is to act quickly, act swiftly, and that\u2019s exactly what those agents did,\u201d Ortiz told Fox News.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-oembed-type=\"facebook-post\" class=\"oembed | article-oembed w-100 oembed-facebook-post d-flex justify-content-center mb-3\">\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UvaldeCISD\/photos\/a.623510491015351\/5433379320028420\/?__tn__=%2CO%2AF&#038;locale=en_US\" data-width=\"552\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UvaldeCISD\/photos\/a.623510491015351\/5433379320028420\/?type=3\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Robb Elementary Memorial Fund<\/p>\n<p>An official account with First State Bank has been set up for donations through UCISD to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/619061698126897\">Uvalde CISD<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UvaldeCISD\/photos\/a.623510491015351\/5433379320028420\/?type=3\">Wednesday, May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But a law enforcement official said that once in the building, the Border Patrol agents had trouble breaching the classroom door and had to get a staff member to open the room with a key. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly about the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Olivarez said investigators were trying to establish whether the classroom was, in fact, locked or barricaded in some way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Javier Cazares, whose fourth grade daughter, Jacklyn Cazares, was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school when he heard about the shooting, arriving while police were still gathered outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Upset that police were not moving in, he raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video | pb-3 w-100\">\n<p><span class=\"video-description\">The shooter is shown entering Robb Elementary School before the massacre, according to video obtained by CNN. (Source: CNN)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cLet\u2019s just rush in because the cops aren\u2019t doing anything like they are supposed to,\u201d he said. \u201cMore could have been done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey were unprepared,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Carranza had watched as Ramos crashed his truck into a ditch outside the school, grabbed his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and shot at two people outside a funeral home, who ran away uninjured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Olivarez told CNN that the school security officer outside was armed and that initial reports said he and Ramos exchanged gunfire, \u201cbut right now we\u2019re trying to corroborate that information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">As Ramos entered the school, two Uvalde police officers exchanged fire with him, and were wounded, according to Olivarez. Ramos went into a classroom and began to kill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Carranza said the officers should have entered the school sooner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThere were more of them. There was just one of him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-gallery | position-relative\">\n<nav class=\"toolbar d-flex flex-row justify-content-between width-full\"><span class=\"toolbar-buttons flex-container-row\"><span class=\"flex-container-row\"><\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-play mr-1\"><\/i><span class=\"hidden-sm\">Autoplay<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"spinner-container align-self-center false\"><span class=\"spinner spinner-sm\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"photo-index text-align-right d-flex align-items-center font-md\"><span class=\"mr-3\"><\/span><i class=\"fa fa-2x fa-caret-left select-previous-photo text-muted pointer\" role=\"button\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-2x fa-caret-right select-next-photo text-muted pointer ml-1\" role=\"button\"><\/i><\/span><\/nav>\n<figure class=\"photo-container photo-index-0 photos position-relative h-100 w-100 bg-secondary\"><figcaption class=\"caption | position-relative pointer w-100 p-2 false\"><span class=\"bold text-white d-none\"><span>Caption<\/span><\/span><span class=\"d-flex flex-row text-white\"> <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Wednesday night, hundreds packed the bleachers at the town\u2019s fairgrounds for a vigil. Some cried. Some closed their eyes tight, mouthing silent prayers. Parents wrapped their arms around their children as the speakers led prayers for healing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Before attacking the school, Ramos shot and wounded his grandmother at the home they shared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Neighbor Gilbert Gallegos, 82, who lives across the street and has known the family for decades, said he was puttering in his yard when he heard the shots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ramos ran out the front door and across the yard to a truck parked in front of the house and raced away: \u201cHe spun out, I mean fast,\u201d spraying gravel in the air, Gallegos said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ramos\u2019 grandmother emerged covered in blood: \u201cShe says, \u2018Berto, this is what he did. He shot me.\u2019\u201d She was hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Gallegos said he had heard no arguments before or after the shots, and knew of no history of bullying or abuse of Ramos, whom he rarely saw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Lorena Auguste was substitute teaching at Uvalde High School when she heard about the shooting and began frantically texting her niece, a fourth grader at Robb Elementary. Eventually she found out the girl was OK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But that night, her niece had a question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhy did they do this to us?\u201d the girl asked. \u201cWe\u2019re good kids. We didn\u2019t do anything wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video | pb-3 w-100\">\n<p><span class=\"video-description\">Authorities have begun to piece together a timeline of the tragedy, as they look for a possible motive. (CNN, TX DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, KABB\/WOAI, GETTY IMAGES)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Bleiberg reported from Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/school-shootings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/school-shootings<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><i>Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UVALDE, Texas (AP) \u2014 Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed a Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":1493100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1493058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1493058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1493100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}