Texas Department of Safety Director Steven McGraw just gave an update on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Highlights:
==> Salvador Ramos reportedly entered through a door “propped open” by a teacher and a School Resource Officer drove by Ramos after the 911 call but didn’t see him because he was kneeling beside the crashed vehicle:
TX DPS Director McGraw: Before the shooter crashed his vehicle, a teacher propped open the door he would later use to enter the school.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 27, 2022
School resource officer responded to the 911 call about a shooter near the school but drove past the shooter because he was kneeling down by a vehicle.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 27, 2022
Watch for yourself:
A Texas official now says that the door that the shooter used to enter the school was propped open by a teacher. pic.twitter.com/bYWvHIBXqB
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 27, 2022
==> Ramos reportedly fired “at least 100 rounds” inside the school:
Texas DPS speaking in Uvalde on Friday: We know this – he shot at least 100 rounds.@KHOU11
— The Bishop (@BillBishopKHOU) May 27, 2022
==> We don’t know why the SRO was not on campus before the shooting:
DPS Director McGraw confirms a school resource officer was not originally on campus before the shooting but could not explain why that was the case.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 27, 2022
==> The Border Patrol Tactical Unit arrived at the scene at 12:15:
DPS confirms members of Border Patrol's BORTAC team arrived at the scene at 12:15 pm after the shooter entered the school at 11:33 am.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 27, 2022
==> Director McGraw also admitted it was a mistake to declare the shooter a “barricaded subject” and not an “active shooter”:
DPS Director McGraw says it was a mistake for the on-scene commander to determine the shooter was a "barricaded subject" instead of an active shooter. Believing he was a "barricaded subject" gave police the false impression they had time.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 27, 2022
==> 19 officers on the scene when they made the “barricaded subject” declaration:
BREAKING: DPS says *19* officers were on scene when gunman was inside but officers thought they didn’t have enough resources.
The officers treated it as a barricaded subject situation NOT as an active shooter—despite 911 calls from inside reporting shots fired @SpectrumNews1TX
— Alex Stockwell (@alexrstockwell) May 27, 2022
==> Directo McGraw blamed the on-site commander for the mistake:
Texas DPS: On-site commander was convinced there was no more threat to the children…. Which is why posture of police changed
But agency now acknowledges: Kids were still at risk. And kids and others needed medical response
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 27, 2022
==> The on-site commander thought this meant he had time to get the key to the door:
On 40 minute delay in police engaging the suspect inside Robb Elementary School, officials say, "a decision was made that this was a barricaded subject…there was time to retrieve the keys."
"From the benefit of hindsight…it was the wrong decision." https://t.co/q812K5OQTv pic.twitter.com/59SMt32ElZ
— ABC News (@ABC) May 27, 2022
==> Cops made no effort to breach the door:
Reporter: "What efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door to get inside the classroom?"
Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw: "None at that time"https://t.co/FaBNzlT36Z https://t.co/sC65hOrTcR
— Anthony DeRosa (@Anthony) May 27, 2022
==> Director McGraw: “Of course, it was the wrong decision”:
BREAKING: The words of the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety will forever be seared into the minds of America: "Of course it was the wrong decision."
— Tony Plohetski (@tplohetski) May 27, 2022
==> There was also a social media post where Ramos denied he was about to shoot up a school:
Texas DPS: On March 14, suspect posted online "10 more days" when someone asked if he was going to shoot up a school, the suspect said "No, stop asking dumb questions." #8NNhttps://t.co/PBNp5geTtZ pic.twitter.com/heatXqoZDX
— 8 News Now (@8NewsNow) May 27, 2022
march 14, IG post "10 more days." user replied "you going to shoot up school" he responed "no, stop asking dumb questions"
— Michael Board (@MikeBoard1200) May 27, 2022
==> The New York Times reported earlier that the BORTAC team was “told to hold back and not go in by local police”:
DEVELOPING: The tactical team that eventually killed the Uvalde gunman arrived at the school far earlier than previously known, but was told to hold back and not go in by local police, according to two officials familiar with the response
w/ @esullivannythttps://t.co/JnazQb3998
— J. David Goodman (@jdavidgoodman) May 27, 2022
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