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Disturbing image from Texas school shows officers with rifles and ballistic shields in corridor minutes after gunman entered – Timeline details 70 minutes cops spent inside as gunman shot children and teachers

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b3030"><strong>Why didn&&num;8217&semi;t the armed cops Uvalde police officers go in to save the defenseless children and teachers&quest; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b3030"><strong>First image from inside Texas school shows cops with rifles and ballistic shields in corridor 19 minutes after gunman entered&comma; instead they waited another hour to storm classroom<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b3030"><strong>The gunman&comma; Salvador Ramos&comma; had entered the school 19 minutes earlier&comma; but was not shot dead until 12&colon;50pm<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b3030"><strong>Cameras prove police officers armed with a ballistic shield and rifle were inside the corridors of the Uvalde school 19 minutes after the gunman entered the building&comma; but still did not go into the classroom for a further 58 minutes<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b3030"><strong>A freeze-frame from surveillance cameras inside Robb Elementary in Uvalde&comma; Texas&comma; show police inside the building at 11&colon;52am on May 24 <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b3030"><strong>Serious questions have been raised as to why the police did not immediately storm the school and end the massacre&comma; with experts blaming poor training and lapses in judgement by the police chief <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;3b3030"><strong>Monday&&num;8217&semi;s new detail will heap further pressure on Uvalde police as the grieving parents and relatives of the 19 children and two teachers demand answers <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Uvalde-surveillance-image-shows-officers-arrived-with-rifles-within-minutes-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410174"&sol;><figcaption><strong>This surveillance image from Robb Elementary School Timestamped 11&colon;52am on May 24&comma; shows officers arrived with rifles within 19 minutes of the gunman entering&period; Two Uvalde cops can be seen toting rifles&comma; while one has a ballistic shield placed just in front of him&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A haunting first image has emerged of the inside of the Texas massacre school while the bloodbath was unfolding &&num;8211&semi; with its timestamp raises fresh questions about why cops didn&&num;8217&semi;t storm the room where the shooter was sooner&period;  <br>At first glance&comma; the corridor of Robb Elementary School&comma; shot from above on an overhead surveillance camera looks like any other American elementary school&comma; with a cream linoleum floor&comma; and walls painted blue and green&period; <br>But it&&num;8217&semi;s only the bottom of the static image &&num;8211&semi; shot at 11&colon;52am on May 24 &&num;8211&semi; that gives a hint of the horror unfolding nearby&period; Two Uvalde Police Department officers can be seen toting rifles&comma; while one has a ballistic shield placed just in front of him&period; <br>That image of well-armed cops with a means of deflecting bullets was obtained by the Austin-American Statesman and KVUE Monday night&period; <br>And it has led to fresh questions about why the classroom holding gunman Salvador Ramos&comma; 18&comma; wasn&&num;8217&semi;t stormed sooner&comma; before he could kill 19 children and two teachers&period; <br>Ramos had entered the school 19 minutes earlier&comma; and begun firing gunshots&period; <br>But the officers of the Uvalde Police Department would not enter the classroom where he was killing children until 58 minutes later &&num;8211&semi; despite the fact&comma; as the new image shows&comma; both officers had a means of protecting themselves&comma; as well as taking out Ramos&period;  <br>State investigators released a new timeline during Tuesday’s <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kxan&period;com&sol;news&sol;texas&sol;uvalde-school-shooting&sol;a-right-to-know-texas-senate-committee-holds-first-public-hearing-on-uvalde-shooting&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Texas Senate committee hearing<&sol;a> detailing the more than 70 minutes officers spent inside Robb Elementary School as a crazed young man opened fire on children and teachers&period; <br>The updated timeline shows officers were inside Uvalde school for 1 hour&comma; 14 minutes before shooter was killed&period; <br>The <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;TxDPS&sol;status&sol;1539256179234332673" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">timeline<&sol;a>&comma; which is compiled from footage from a nearby funeral home&comma; school surveillance&comma; 911 recordings and body-worn camera&comma; details more than 100 rounds being fired as armed officers entered the Uvalde school building&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kxan&period;com&sol;news&sol;texas&sol;uvalde-school-shooting&sol;a-right-to-know-texas-senate-committee-holds-first-public-hearing-on-uvalde-shooting&sol;&quest;ipid&equals;promo-link-block1">&OpenCurlyQuote;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;image-27&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410203" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"480"&sol;><figcaption><strong>All 11 students in this 4th-grade class at Robb Elementary school were killed in the school massacre on May 24&comma; while the officers waited a few feet away&period; The gunman who had pitched tent in their class shot their teacher&comma; <strong>Arnulfo Reyes&comma;<&sol;strong> three times leaving him with severe injuries<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Eight officers were in the building three minutes after the shooter entered&comma; including Uvalde CISD Chief Pete Arredondo&period; <br>Officers who approached the classroom doors were injured&comma; according to the Texas Department of Public Safety timeline&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You run to the sound of gunfire&semi; you do not stop&period; There is no doubt in mind that any one of those officers would have sacrificed their lives for those children&comma;” said Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw&period; <br>The timeline shows officers were inside the building for an hour and 14 minutes before the gunman was shot by law enforcement&period; During that time&comma; multiple officers questioned whether there were children inside the classrooms&period; <br>According to the timeline&comma; a unidentified officer asked &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;y’all do not know if there’s kids in there&quest;” A Texas DPS special agent responded&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;if there’s kids in there&comma; we need to go in there&period;” <br>McCraw testified Tuesday that 28 minutes after officers arrived on the scene&comma; a 911 call came in from one of the students inside the classroom where the shooting was happening&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That was the first time Chloe called&period; It was heart wrenching&period; She was the only one &lbrack;in the room&rsqb; that was uninjured&comma;” said McCraw&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Pete-Arredondo-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410204"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Families have called for Uvalde CISD police chief’s termination&comma; but Chief Pete Arredondo &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; disagrees with law enforcement experts who said his actions and his lapse in judgement contributed to an atmosphere of chaos&comma; insisting he di what was best o save students and teachers<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The timeline shows for more than 40 minutes Arredondo and officers were trying to figure out how to get the doors open to the classroom&comma; including the chief asking for a master key and for a door-breaching tool&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There’s a window over there obviously&period; The door is probably going to be locked&comma;” said Arredondo at 12&colon;28 p&period;m&period;&comma; according to the Texas DPS timeline&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am going to get some more keys to test&period;”<br>However&comma; DPS Director McCraw said Tuesday he believes the classroom doors where the shooter was located <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;KellyWileyNews&sol;status&sol;1539277183511777280" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unsecured” and not locked<&sol;a>&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The officers had weapons&semi; the children had none&period; The officers had body armor the children had none&period; The officers had training&semi; the subject had none&period; One hour 14 minutes and 8 seconds — that’s how long the children waited&comma; and the teachers waited in room 111 to be rescued&comma;” said McCraw&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While they waited the on-scene commander waited for radio and rifles&period; Then he waited for shields&period; <br>&&num;8220&semi;Then he waited for SWAT&period; <br>&&num;8220&semi;Lastly&comma; he waited for a key that was never needed&period; The post columbine document is clear and compelling and unambiguous stop the killing stop the dying”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Eva-Morales-and-her-husband&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410197" width&equals;"852" height&equals;"543"&sol;><figcaption><strong>4th-grade teacher Eva Mireles &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; died in the ambulance on her way to hospital&period; Her husband Ruben&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb; a Texas state trooper&comma; arrived at the scene and told law enforcement his wife called to say that she had been shot&period; Cops did not breach the classroom to kill Ramos for another hour<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The inference to be drawn from viewing this freeze frame image of the interior of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde&comma; Texas&comma; taken on May 24 while the massacre that killed 21 was taking place&comma; is that the two well-armed cops with a ballistic shield inside the school corridor within just 19 minutes of the shooter entering classroom 112&comma; could have confronted him &&num;8211&semi; The shooter&comma; Salvador Ramos&comma; had focused his attack around classrooms 112 and 111&period;<br>Begging to be explained is why the gunman was holed up in 112&comma; but that room would not be stormed over an hour later&comma; even though these cops seem well-equipped to attempt a rescue mission&period; <br>Furious parents and relatives of the 19 children and two teachers murdered on May 24 are demanding to know why the 18-year-old gunman was free to continue his rampage for almost 90 minutes&period;<br>He entered the school at 11&colon;33am&comma; and was shot dead at 12&colon;50pm&period;<br>Pete Arredondo&comma; the Uvalde school district police chief&comma; has said that he thought the gunman was barricaded inside&comma; away from the children&comma; and wanted more equipment for the police before they went in&period; But the children were calling 911 begging for help&comma; and police outside were urging Arredondo to let them go in&period; <br>On Monday&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;statesman&period;com&sol;story&sol;news&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;20&sol;officers-arrived-uvalde-school-rifles-shield-9-minutes-after-gunman&sol;7623318001&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">The Austin-American Statesman<&sol;a> obtained the first photos from inside the school&comma; which showed&comma; at 11&colon;52am&comma; officers in the corridor&period;<br>One has a ballistic shield as well as a long gun&period; The other has a rifle&period; <br>Officers did not breach the door and kill the gunman&comma; Salvador Ramos&comma; until 58 minutes later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;image-23&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410179"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The shooter Salvador Ramos&comma; 18&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was free to rampage through the school in Uvalde from 11&colon;33am until 12&colon;50pm&period; On Monday it emerged armed officers&comma; with a ballistic shield&comma; were inside the building at 11&colon;52am<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The image will heap further pressure on the police to come clean about what they knew when&comma; and what they did&comma; when&period; Today&&num;8217&semi;s hearing in Austin is expected to provide further answers&comma; with the new image and others likely to be shared&period; <br>The paper also obtained damning transcripts showing Arredondo asking for help&period;<br>Three minutes after Ramos entered the building&comma; 11 officers were inside&period; <br>At 11&colon;40am&comma; seven minutes after Ramos set foot inside Robb Elementary&comma; Arredondo called Uvalde Police Department and asked for help&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s an emergency right now&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;We have him in the room&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s got an AR-15&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s shot a lot&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;They need to be outside the building prepared because we don&&num;8217&semi;t have firepower right now&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s all pistols&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Arredondo added&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t have a radio&period; I need you to bring a radio for me&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Police-stage-outside-building-during-Uvalde-school-shooting-on-May-24-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410182" width&equals;"834" height&equals;"533"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Police are seen staging outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde during thee mass shooting on May 24 that claimed the lives of 19 students and 2 teachers<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;image-26&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410193" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"543"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Chaotic scene after shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde&comma; Texas on May 2<&sol;strong>4<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Four minutes later&comma; at 11&colon;44am&comma; body camera footage picked up more shots from the gunman&period; <br>Then&comma; at 11&colon;52am&comma; the photo showed the officers with a ballistic shield&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;If there&&num;8217&semi;s kids in there&comma; we need to go in there&comma;&&num;8217&semi; one officer said&comma; according to bodycamera transcripts&period;<br>Another responded&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Whoever is in charge will determine that&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Pete-Arredondo-4-1024x729&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410189"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Chief Pete Arredondo was in charge&period; It is alleged that he mistakenly thought there were no other kids alive in the room once the shooter had barricaded himself inside <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Despite the officers having rifles&comma; Arredondo insisted they find the keys to open the door&period;<br>At 12&colon;03pm&comma; an officer with another ballistic shield entered the school&comma; and a third arrived two minutes later&period; <br>Around 12&colon;20pm &&num;8211&semi; 45 minutes after the attack began &&num;8211&semi; Arredondo tried to speak to the gunman&comma; and then wondered whether he could be killed from outside the classroom&period; <br>Arredondo asked if officers would consider &&num;8216&semi;popping him through the window&quest;&&num;8217&semi;<br>He suggested&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Get two shooters on either side of the window&quest; I say we breach those windows and shoot his &lpar;expletive&rpar; head off through the windows&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;image-25&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410191" width&equals;"848" height&equals;"553"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Law enforcement crowds the entrance of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde&comma; where a gunman allegedly injured multiple students<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;image-24&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-410184" width&equals;"839" height&equals;"550"&sol;><figcaption><strong>US Customs and Border Protection agents &lpar;left&rpar; are seen alongside local police &lpar;center&rpar; and sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputies &lpar;right&rpar; working to rescue kids from Robb Elementary<&sol;strong>&period; <strong>Questions have continued to mount about why police didn&&num;8217&semi;t engage the shooter more quickly<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>At 12&colon;46pm&comma; Arredondo told SWAT team officers who had arrived that they should breach the classroom door if they were ready&period; <br>They did so four minutes later&period;<br>The ongoing Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans hearings holding in Austin and continuing Wednesday&comma; will not discuss gun control&comma; on the orders of Governor Greg Abbott&period;<br>The Senate today is listening to witnesses and public testimony on three issues&colon; school safety&comma; police training and social media&period;<br>On Wednesday&comma; the committee of eight Republicans and three Democrats is scheduled to hear from experts about mental health and firearm safety&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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