WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Surveillance video from inside Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School published by a Texas newspaper shows the initial, critical moments when police came in, and the long delay before the gunman was shot dead
WASHINGTON, July 13 - A surveillance video showing a long delay by Texas police and federal agents before they acted to stop the mass shooting at Uvalde's Robb Elementary School shows that their response was "indefensible," U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said on Wednesday.
The leaked video shows 18-year-old Salvador Ramos crashing his pickup truck outside Robb Elementary School and entering the building carrying a semi-automatic rifle. The sound of gunfire is then heard for more than two minutes.Police officers are seen arriving minutes later. They take cover at the end of a hallway leading to the two classrooms targeted by the shooter. Another 77 minutes go by before they storm the classrooms and exchange fire with him.
Ramos killed 19 children and two teachers at the school on May 24. It was part of a string of mass shootings across the United States that have renewed debate over gun laws and mental health. Law enforcement officials have been roundly criticized for their handling of the rampage and especially for waiting more than an hour before confronting Ramos.
The senator told Reuters that information shared by authorities in the immediate aftermath of the shooting "is now proving to be over and over again demonstrably false."
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