Topline Texas authorities have faced mounting criticism for offering contradicting reports and retracting key details about the timeline of the shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week, as the public rages over the amount of time it took for officers to confront and neutralize the 18-year-old gunman. Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw speaks at a press conference using a crime … [+] scene outline of Robb Elementary School showing the path of the gunman outside the school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 27, 2022. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Key Facts “Brave resource officer”: Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Victor Escalon retracted an initial claim Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw made that a “a brave resource officer” confronted the gunman outside of Robb Elementary School, saying at a press conference last week that the report was “not accurate” and that the shooter, Salvador Ramos, walked into the school “unobstructed.” Officer at school: McCraw further clarified last week that the officer was not on campus at the time of the shooting—but was close enough that he was one of the first responding officers on the scene—and officials have not addressed why the school resource officer was not at the school at the time of the shooting. “Did contain him”: McCraw initially said the first responding officers on the scene “did engage immediately” with Ramos and “did contain him” in… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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