A second police officer drove by Salvador Ramos in the school's parking lot and didn't notice him.
A police officer “hesitated” while confronting the gunman accused of shooting 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school out of concern his gunfire would strike a child. Above, police are seen at a memorial for the shooting victims on May 26.Zavala County Chief Deputy Sheriff Ricardo Rios recounted the conversation he had with the officer, who has not been named, with the newspaper.
"I asked him, 'Why didn't you shoot? Why didn't you engage?' And that's when he told me about the background," he told the."According to the officers, they didn't engage back because in the background there was kids playing and they were scared of hitting the kids." The officer was carrying an AR-15 at the time, and could have faced a criminal investigation if he had accidentally shot a bystander, Rios said, who added that the opportunity to confront Ramos passed"really quick."
Meanwhile, a second police officer employed by the Uvalde School District, who quickly arrived at the scene, also drove by the shooter in the parking lot and didn't notice him, according to the
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