Texas: Police waited for over an hour before breaching classroom where gunman killed 19 children, 2 teachers

United States: A video published on Tuesday of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, showed that police were there waiting for over an hour before breaching a classroom where a gunman killed 19 children as well as two teachers. 

Texas’s public safety chief, Steve McCraw, has described the police response to the May 24 attack as an “abject failure” and outlined officers wasted vital time looking for a classroom key that was “never needed.”

Moreover, surveillance camera video obtained by the sources highlights that the 18-year-old man crashed his vehicle outside Robb Elementary School as well as then entered the building at 11:33 am armed with a semi-automatic rifle. 

As he walks down a vacant hallway, a young boy spots him from all over a corner as well as rushes away as the gunman opens fire into a classroom and is not seen again. 

Along with this, the camera catches the shooter firing dozens of rounds from the doorway before going inside. He steps out briefly into the view of the camera and re-enters the classroom. 

The camera captures the gunman shooting dozens of rounds from the doorway before going inside. He steps out briefly into the camera’s view, re-enters the classroom as well as is not spotted for the second time.

The police officers armed with guns are noticed arriving in the school hallway within three minutes of the first shots being fired. 

Along with this, they go downwards to the hallway where the incident is taking place but retreat when the gunman starts firing from the classroom. 

For the upcoming hour, the police are seen huddling at the end of the hallway while reinforcements arrive, including officers armed with semi-automatic weapons and ballistic shields. 

At 12:21 pm, 45 minutes after the arrival of the first officers on the scene, shots could be heard from where the gunman was holed up.

The officers eventually stormed the classroom at 12:50 om and killed the gunman- one hour and 14 minutes after their arrival. 

Furthermore, the video does not show any children being shot, and the Austin American-Statesman said it had removed audio of their screams.