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Days after Texas’ top officials, including Gov. Greg Abbott, praised how police handled a shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead at a Uvalde elementary school, the state’s top law enforcement official admitted Friday that officers made key errors when responding to the shooting.
Police officers did not act sooner to stop the 18-year-old gunman rampaging at Robb Elementary School because the school district’s chief of police wanted to wait for backup and equipment, said Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Meanwhile, students were still trapped inside with the gunman, repeatedly calling 911 for help.
Later in the day, Abbott said he was “misled” about the police response to the shooting. He had praised officers’ handling of the crisis in a Wednesday press conference, saying, “The reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do.”
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Article URL : https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/27/uvalde-school-shooting-police-errors/