Video shows hesitant police response to Texas shooting
A Texas newspaper on Tuesday posted video of police and federal agents responding to the shooting at an Uvalde elementary school in May, footage at the center of a debate among state and local officials as they investigate the actions of law enforcement in the rampage.
The video, posted by the Austin American-Statesman on its website, shows the 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, crash his pickup truck and enter Robb Elementary School carrying a semiautomatic rifle.
The sound of AR-15 gunfire is then heard for more than two minutes.
Police officers are seen arriving minutes later. They take cover at the end of a hallway leading to the two classrooms targeted by the shooter. Another 77 minutes go by before they storm the classrooms and exchange fire with him.
The Statesman did not reveal how they got the video, but published an accompanying note defending the decision to post it.
Ramos killed 19 children and two teachers at the school on May 24.
Uvalde law enforcement officials have been roundly criticized for their handling of the rampage and especially for waiting more than an hour before confronting Ramos.
A report commissioned by the Texas Department of Public Safety found in earlier July that an Uvalde police officer could have shot Ramos before he entered the school but hesitated while waiting for permission from a supervisor.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin and a Texas legislative committee investigating the attack have called for the surveillance footage to be made public.
The video, posted by the Austin American-Statesman on its website, shows the 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, crash his pickup truck and enter Robb Elementary School carrying a semiautomatic rifle.
The sound of AR-15 gunfire is then heard for more than two minutes.
Police officers are seen arriving minutes later. They take cover at the end of a hallway leading to the two classrooms targeted by the shooter. Another 77 minutes go by before they storm the classrooms and exchange fire with him.
The Statesman did not reveal how they got the video, but published an accompanying note defending the decision to post it.
Ramos killed 19 children and two teachers at the school on May 24.
Uvalde law enforcement officials have been roundly criticized for their handling of the rampage and especially for waiting more than an hour before confronting Ramos.
A report commissioned by the Texas Department of Public Safety found in earlier July that an Uvalde police officer could have shot Ramos before he entered the school but hesitated while waiting for permission from a supervisor.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin and a Texas legislative committee investigating the attack have called for the surveillance footage to be made public.
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