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Decision reportedly made after state police official criticised police for ‘wrong decision’ over storming classroom

Texas authorities have relayed then later retracted multiple key details about the shooting.

Police waited more than one hour before confronting gunman, what officials conceded was the ‘wrong decision’ as parents and desperate calls to 911 demanded help

Eighteen-year-old Uvalde high school student shot his grandmother before driving to Robb Elementary School where he killed 21 people

The actions – or more notably, the inaction – of police has become the centre of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

It took police more than 45 minutes to intervene in the school shooting that claimed 21 lives. Now the community is demanding answers.

Colonel Steven McCraw said that “in hindsight”, the choice made by the onsite commander to delay entering the classroom was the “wrong decision”

Texas police finally admit they screwed up Uvalde response — but still blame teacher for leaving door open

Panicked children and teachers placed half a dozen calls to 911 emergency services from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police to intervene, while roughly 20 officers waited in a hallway for nearly an hour before entering the room, authorities said on Friday. At least two…

Throughout the attack, teachers and children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including a girl who pleaded: “Please send the police now,” authorities said.

Abbott says the information that he provided at a press conference two days ago was a recitation of what law enforcement had told him in a room beforehand.