UVALDE, Texas — A Texas official admitted law enforcement made the “wrong decision” in their response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, failing to breach the classroom for a 35-minute period as an 18-year-old gunman terrorized children inside.
At a press conference on Friday, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw acknowledged that officers on the scene in the small rural town of Uvalde Tuesday miscalculated what was unfolding.
“It was not the right decision. It was the wrong decision. Period … We believe there should have been an entry. We don’t have time,” he said.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said the on-site commander believed the gunman was barricaded and children were not at risk.
Children were inside the Robb Elementary School classroom with him, making 911 calls, McCraw said in a press conference Friday. By the time a U.S. Border Patrol tactical teams arrived and killed the alleged shooter, identified as Salvador Ramos, 19 children and two teachers were killed, several more were severely injured and others survived to recount the nightmare.
There was blood in the hallway and children were covered in it, a student who survived the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, told ABC News.
