Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin shared the news about the possible leveling of Rob Elementary School during an emotional city council meeting with residents on Tuesday.
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“I understand – and I had this discussion with the inspector – that the school will be demolished,” McLaughlin told the meeting. “You can never ask a child to return or a teacher to return to this school,” he continued. No official plans or timetable for the destruction of Robb Elementary School have been published yet. The story goes on under the ad Last month, President Joe Biden voiced support for the demolition of the school, suggesting the federal government could help Ovalde build a new educational facility. At this week’s City Council meeting, McLaughlin also shared his frustration with the difficulty of obtaining information from authorities and services investigating the Ovalde shooting. He claimed that the city officials did not receive any information.
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“I am just happy to be free. “I’m very disappointed because, as I said, we do not receive any information,” he said. Trending Stories
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“The gloves are closed,” he continued. “As we know it, we will share it.” “What matters to Ovalde is that these heartbroken families and this sad community have full research and accurate account of what happened that day,” McLaughlin said. The massacre at Uvalde’s school took place on May 24 and has sparked intense scrutiny by local law enforcement, which took more than an hour to break down the classroom door where the 18-year-old gunman was still shooting active victims. On Tuesday, Steve McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the police response to the shooting a “major failure.” The story goes on under the ad He told a Texas Senate committee hearing that within three minutes of the shooting, several police officers were on the scene to stop the shooting. “Three minutes after the subject entered the western building, there were a sufficient number of armed officers wearing armor to isolate, distract and neutralize the matter,” McCrew said, according to the BBC.
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“The officers had weapons, the children had none. The officers had armor, the children did not. “The officers had training, the issue had none,” McCroe said. “One hour, 14 minutes and eight seconds – so many children and teachers waited in room 111 to be rescued.” Robb Elementary will not be the first school to be demolished due to gunfire. In 2013, Sandy Hook Elementary School was demolished when gunmen killed 20 young students and six adults. The school was later rebuilt. – With files from Kathryn Mannie of Global News 2:02 Thousands protest in US to demand arms changes Previous Video Next Video © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
