Mayor Don McLaughlin says: ‘You can never ask a child to go back, or teacher to go back, in that school ever’
was demolished and a new school built on the site.police response to the shooting on 25 May
and how heavily armed officers waited for 70 minutes after arriving at the school before they stormed the classroom where the shooter was holding out. Speaking at a state hearing investigating the incident, Steve McCraw, Texas public safety chief, called the police response “an abject failure and antithetical to everything” known about how to respond to such crises.
McCraw said the local police chief, Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, who was the on-scene commander, held back other officers from stopping the intruder sooner and potentially limiting the carnage.“The officers had weapons – the children had none. The officers had body armor – the children had none. The officers had training – the subject had none.
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