However nearly 400 officers waited 73 minutes before breaching the classroom as newly released footage shows chaotic scene
Newly-released body camera footage from the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, shows that within moments of arriving at Robb elementary school, some police officers knew they needed to move swiftly to save lives.
It was a delay that had almost immediately become public, if not the specifics, and caused outrage, heartbreak and conflicting accounts after the shooting occurred in May, and which a state committee reportThe video footage, released by the city Sunday evening, illustrates a chaotic scene, described by the committee’s report.
Later, an off-camera voice whose identity has not been confirmed pleads unsuccessfully with the shooter, 18-year-old“Mr. Ramos, can you hear us? Mr. Ramos?” the unnamed officer says, addressing the shooter. “Please don’t hurt anyone. These are innocent children. Please put your firearm down. We don’t want anyone else hurt.”
The committee’s report said 376 officers were at the school, but that they took a “lackadaisical” approach when attempting to confront the shooter. Burrows also criticized the lack of a clear chain of command at the scene. Besides Arrendondo, acting Uvalde police chief Lt Mariano Pargas was also in the hallway, according to the body camera footage. Both Arrendondo and Pargas have been put on administrative leave.
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