Uvalde police never even tried to open classroom doors during school shooting: report

19 June 2022

or 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.

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