Officers with heavier firepower and tactical equipment were there within 19 minutes of the gunman’s arrival on campus – earlier than previously known, according to documents reviewed by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV. 
The agencies’ reports, which did not cite the source of the documents, however, intensified the anxiety and questions about why the police did not act earlier to stop the May 24 massacre in the classroom of Robb Primary School. 
The information is to be presented at a public hearing of the Texas Senate in Austin on Tuesday.  Investigators say the latest information indicates that the officers had more than enough firepower and protection to kill the gunman long before they did, the media reported.
      Robb Elementary School shooting victim Jessie Rodriguez’s father, 10-year-old Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, holds up a photo of herself protesting the removal of Uvalde Police Chief Pete Arredondo next to the shooting site. in the town of Uvalde Square on June 11, 2022. STRINGER / REUTERS

Separately, CNN, citing a law enforcement source close to the investigation, reported that eleven police officers – including school district police chief Uvalde Pete Arredondo – were inside Robb Elementary School within three minutes of the gunman entering. within 24 May. The timeline cited in the documents by American-Statesman and KVUE included footage from inside the school showing the 18-year-old gunman indifferently entering through the back door at 11:33 a.m., walking toward a classroom and shooting. just before it clogs. The video shows 11 police officers entering the school three minutes later, media reported. Arredondo called the Uvalde Police Department’s landline and said the suspect “fired a lot” with an AR-15 rifle and overtook the school’s police, who said they were only armed with pistols, the stores said. Four minutes later, at 11:44 a.m., the body camera video recorded the sound of multiple shots. At 11:52 a.m., the first ballistic shield arrived as officers waited eager to act. Arredondo tried to find a key to the classroom door, although no one is believed to have tried to open the door, the stores said. Another officer with a ballistic shield arrived at 12:03 p.m. and another came with a shield two minutes later. About 30 minutes before police finally broke down the classroom door at 12:50 p.m., Arredondo was heard wondering aloud if the gunman could be shot through a window. Only at 12:46 p.m. Arredondo told regular team members to break down the door when they were ready, the stores said. Last week, the San Antonio Express-News reported that the school surveillance video did not show police trying to open the door leading to the classrooms where the massacre took place. The New York Times also reported that two Uvalde police officers told the deputy sheriff that they missed a fleeting opportunity to shoot the gunman while he was still out of school because they feared they would hit children. Delays in law enforcement response have been the focus of federal, state and local research into the massacre and its aftermath. The question about the answer of the law enforcement authorities started days after the massacre. Col. Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said May 27 that Arredondo made the “wrong decision” when he chose not to invade the classroom for more than 70 minutes, even when fourth-graders were trapped inside. in two classes. calling 911 for help. Arredondo later said he did not consider himself responsible and assumed that someone else had taken control of the law enforcement response. Arredondo has repeatedly denied requests for comment to the Associated Press. CBS Houston’s KHOU-TV subsidiary reports that Uvalde’s school committee heard calls for Arredondo to be fired in an emotional meeting Monday night. “We failed at Pete Arredondo,” said Brett Cross, Uziyah Garcia’s uncle and guardian. “He failed our children, our teachers, our parents and our city, and by keeping him in your staff, you continue to disappoint us.” The station reports that about 200 people participated, including the families of those who lost their lives. The speakers insisted that anyone who lags behind in the performance of his / her duties will be held accountable.

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