On Thursday, Texas police were under fire for taking too long to respond at Uvalde School in Texas after an 18-year old teenager had killed 19 children and 2 teachers on Tuesday.
A police officer accused of passive involvement was subject to a torrent of questions during a press conference. However, many of these questions were not related to the specific circumstances of the murder.
The White House announced that President Joe Biden will visit the spot on Sunday with his wife Jill to “share the grief” of the small Texas town, which was devastated by one the most horrific shooting massacres in recent years. The country.
A video and many testimonies show that parents waited outside the school for an interminable time, according to them, while Salvador Ramos, a high school student, carried out the massacre in a classroom. class.
Victor stated at the press conference that U.S. Border Patrol units arrived “about an hour after the suspect entered the school.” Escalon is the Texas Department of State Security’s regional director.
Faced with the grief of the families and the overwhelming media attention, he stated that the investigation had “a lot information” and contained many “variable points”. Victor Escalon stated, “It takes days. It takes hours. It takes time.”
Contrary to previous reports, he stated that the killer of the murder had not “faced any one”, or been arrested by police before entering the school.
Victor Escalon shot at the school before he entered it. “Four minutes later, the first local police arrived on the scene. The police chief stated that they heard gunshots and took bullets. “They retreat and take cover,” he said. Salvador Ramos was at Robb Elementary School when it was 11:40 AM Tuesday.
From this moment, parents started to come in front of the school.
Storyful obtained a video that was posted to social media and shows parents urging police to enter the scene of the tragedy. Also, the footage shows a police officer pushing one of these people out of the establishment.
Daniel Myers, a 72 year-old pastor, arrived outside the school with his wife Matilda about 30 minutes after the shooter entered. Parents on the scene “were ready (to go back) to the establishment.” One relative said that he was in the military and would take a gun with him. I won’t hesitate. He told AFP that he would go.
Victor Escalon said that during the press conference, police were hit by gunfire and “evacuated students, teachers, staff… Many things are happening, it is complex.” An hour later, the specialized officers arrived on the scene and shot the perpetrator of the massacre.
17 people, including three officers, were also injured in the attack, which saw 21 people killed. Before he went to school, the shooter had already targeted his grandmother with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.
Thursday saw the weapon’s manufacturer announce that it will not attend the Texas convention hosted by the National Rifle Association, which is the main lobby for arms in the country.
Eulalio Diaz was a local official who was assigned to identify the bodies. He told the “El Paso Times” The chosen one said that some of the children were in a poor state.
Uvalde, a town with 16,000 Hispanic residents located halfway between San Antonio (Mexico) and the Mexican border was shocked by the tragedy.
A similar memorial was placed in front of the school. 21 white crosses were also placed in Uvalde’s central square, around a fountain in memory of each victim.
There were dozens of people there, including relatives, students, and friends. They laid wreaths of flowers as well as Meghan Markle, the wife of British Prince Harry.
“I love you, cousin,” wrote a young girl who was holding a cross that represented Jackie Cazares.
Madison Saiz, an eight-year-old student from one of the school’s other classes, said that Tuesday’s gunfire was “very loud”. Our teacher instructed us to go into a corner when it happened. And our entire class did.
Adriana Reyes (the mother of the shooter) told ABC that although her son wasn’t “a freak”, he could sometimes be aggressive. He was presented as a victim to harassment and said that he was himself a “stalker” in high school. This was according to two of his students.
School shootings in the United States are a persistent problem that successive governments have been unable to stop.
Given the inability of Congress to pass a comprehensive national law, the debate about gun regulation is currently largely suspended.
