Uvalde police never even tried to open classroom doors during school shooting: report 19 June 2022
for 77 minutes, Uvalde police officers stood by as accused gunman Salvador Ramos rampaged through Robb Elementary School, killing 19 students and two teachers. New surveillance footage reportedly shows that those sworn to serve and protect didn’t even bother wiggling the door handle to get into the classroom. Responding police officers appear to have assumed the doors to classrooms 111 and 112 were locked without actually checking, a source told the San Antonio News-Express Saturday. Instead, they waited around for a master key until, more than an hour later, a Border Patrol tactical team killed the suspect. The same source told the News-Express that even without the key, officers had almost immediate access to a crowbar-like tool that should have been able to pry the door open, if it was locked at all. While Ramos laid waste to the elementary school classrooms, Uvalde school district police chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, who also served as the on-scene incident commander, kept his officers in the hallway while he waited for a janitor’s key ring, then for tactical gear to protect himself and his people. Inside the classrooms, children called 911, begging for help. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/uvalde-police-never-even-tried-to-open-classroom-doors-during-school-shooting-report/ar-AAYD3Jc
LOCAL Source: Police never tried to open door to classrooms where Uvalde gunman had kids trapped Surveillance footage shows that police never tried to open a door to two classrooms at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde in the 77 minutes between the time a gunman entered the rooms and massacred 21 people and officers finally stormed in and killed him, according to a law enforcement source close to the investigation. https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Uvalde-classroom-doors-17251116.php
