Law enforcement officers in Uvalde, Texas, waited more than an hour to storm into the two classrooms where a gunman was holed up, even though on-scene supervisors knew some victims were trapped alive inside, The New York Times reports. The May 24 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a small town in Texas about 130 kilometres west of San Antonio, killed 19 students and two teachers, ranking as the deadliest US school shooting in almost a decade. It remains unclear whether Arredondo or other officers inside the school learned of those 911 calls, the Times said. But the newspaper reported investigative materials show Arredondo and others at the scene became aware at some point that not everyone inside the classrooms was already dead. The Times said Arredondo did not respond to several requests for comment on its article.

Source: New York Times June 13, 2022 02:53 UTC