Recently released video of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting shows the gunman entering Robb Elementary School and how police responded to the massacre.
The gunman walks down an empty hallway, stopping to fire into classrooms, according to footage released by the Austin American-Statesman. A student spots the shooter as he turns a corner and then runs away.
Exclusive Uvalde video shows school shooting, police in hallway after gunman enters classroom by Austin American-Statesman on YouTube
Three minutes later, the first police officers entered the building. They are shot at by armed men and run away.
The video then jumps to 19 minutes later, where there is a heavier armed police presence in the hallway but still no entry into the classrooms where the gunman fired more than 100 shots, killing 19 children and two teachers.
The newspaper removed the sounds of children’s screams, but the sound of the hundreds of rounds fired by the shooter can be heard in the video.
The video is difficult to watch as the officers stand in the hallway for long periods of time. A police officer walks up to a wall-mounted hand sanitizer dispenser in the midst of the carnage.
Seventy-seven minutes into the edited video, a breach is made in the classroom and a volley of gunfire is heard.
The release of the video is part of a battle between many government officials, including Uvalde’s district attorney, who oppose its release.
Those calling for his release, including the victims’ families, hope it will help explain the delayed response and why officers put their own safety before that of children. But the video only raised more questions.
“I am deeply disappointed that this video was released before all the families who were affected that day and the Uvalde community had the opportunity to see it as part of Chairman Dustin Burroughs’ plan.” Those most affected should have been among the first to see this,” Department of Public Safety Director Stephen McCraw said in a statement. “This video provides chilling evidence that law enforcement’s response to the attack at Robb Elementary on May 24th was a miserable failure. In law enforcement, when one officer fails, we all fail.”
State Rep. Dustin Burroughs said that while he’s “glad that a small portion is now available to the public,” he believes “monitoring the entire segment of law enforcement’s response, or lack thereof, is also important.” Burroughs also said he was disappointed that the victims’ families didn’t get a chance to watch the video before it was released.
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