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shooter final 90 minutes fuel questions about police delays

UWALDE, TX (AP). It was 11:28 when the Ford pickup hit the ditch. behind Texas low rise school and driver jumped out with an AR-15 type rifle.

Twelve minutes after that, according to the authorities, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos was in corridors of Robb Elementary School. He soon entered the fourth grade class. And there he killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in still unexplained spasm of violence.

At 12:58 p.m., law enforcement radio communications said that Ramos had been killed and the siege was over. over.

What happened in those 90 minutes in working area close to edge of small city of Uvalde, fueled the montage public anger and validation over Law enforcement response to Tuesday’s riots.

“They say they’re in a hurry. in”said Javier Cazares, whose fourth-grader daughter, Jacqueline Cazares, was killed in in attack and who rushed to the school as the massacre unfolded. – We didn’t see it.

On Thursday, authorities largely ignored questions about why officers failed to stop the shooter sooner. with Victor Escalon, Regional director for Department of Texas of Public Safety, telling reporters that he “has taken all these issues into account” and will offer an update later.

media briefing called by Texas safety officials set deadlines of in attack provided bits of previously unknown information. But by the time it’s over, he added to disturbing questions related to the attack, including the timing of took police to get to the scene and confront the shooter, and the apparent failure to lock the school door through which he entered.

After two days of providing often conflicting information, investigators stated that the school district police officer was not at the school when Ramos arrived and, contrary to their previous reports, the officer did not meet with Ramos outside in building.

Instead they drew out remarkable timeline for unexplained delays by law enforcement.

After the collapse of his truck, Ramos is fired on two people coming out of next funeral homeEscalon said. He then entered the school “unhindered” through an apparently unlocked door at approximately 11:40 am.

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But first police officers are not arrive on scenes up to 12 minutes after crash and did not enter the school to pursue the shooter until four minutes after that. They were driven inside back shots from Ramos and took cover, Escalon said.

The crisis ended after group of Border Patrol tactical officers entered the school about an hour later, at 12:45 p.m., the Texas Department said. of Public Safety Representative Travis Considine. They were doing in skirmish with shooter, who was perforated up in fourth grade class. Shortly before 13:00 he was dead.

Escalon said that at that time the officers called for reserve, negotiators and tactical teams when evacuating students and teachers.

Michael Dorn, Executive Director director of Safe Havens International, which works to make schools safer, warned that this hard To obtain clear understanding of facts soon after shooting.

” information we have a couple of weeks after event usually very different from what we get in in first a day or two. And even that is usually pretty inaccurate,” Dorn said. For catastrophic incidents, “usually eight to 12 months out before you actually have a decent picture.”

Many other details of the case and the answer remained unclear. motive for the massacre – the deadliest school shooting since Newtown, Conn., nearly a decade ago – is still under investigation. with authorities say Ramos did not know criminal or mental health history.

Witnesses said that during the siege, frustrated bystanders urged the police to break into the school.

“Go in there! Go in there!” women yelled at the officers soon after attack started, said 24-year-old Juan Carranza, who watched the scene from outside a house through street.

Carranza said that the officers should entered school earlier: “Were more of them. There was just one of his.”

Border Guard Chief Raul Ortiz give timeline, but repeated repeatedly that tactical officers from his agency who came to school without hesitation. He said they were moving fast to enter the building shell up in “stack” behind agent, holding up a shield.

“What we wanted make sure act fast, act fast, and that’s exactly what these agents did,” Ortiz told Fox News.

But law enforcement official said that one day in The building agents had trouble breaking the door to the classroom and had to ask a staff member to open the room. with a key. official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation.

Branch of Public Safety spokesman Lt. Christopher Olivares told CNN investigators were trying to ascertain whether the class was in fact locked or barricaded in a little way.

Cazares said that when he arrived, he saw two officers. outside school and about five other people accompanying students out of in building. But it took 15 or 20 minutes before arrival of officers with shields, equipped to counter the shooter, he said.

As more parents Casares said that flocked to the school, he and others pressed for police action. He heard about four shots before he and the others were ordered back to the parking lot.

“A lot of of us argued with police: “You all need go in there. All of you need do your work. Their response was: “We can’t do our job because you guys interfere,” Cazares said.

As for armed officer of the school, he rode alongside, but did not on campus when Ramos crashed his truck, according to law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke of condition of anonymity.

Investigators concluded that the school officer was not between the school and Ramos, so he could not confront the shooter before he entered the premises. buildinglaw enforcement official said.

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Bleiberg reported from Dallas.

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