why officers failed to enter the school while the attacker was still firing. those shots audible from the outside. here s what we do know at 11:8 a.m. central time, the suspect crashed into a ditch near the school. there is a picture there. he exited the vehicle and fired at two witnesses across the street. at 11:40 a.m., he entered through the west side of the building. there is the video there. two minutes later a teacher sent a text message saying there was an active shooter at the school. it was not until 11:43 that school officials announced they were under lockdown, one minute later, officers entered the school, were shot and and retreated as they called for further forces to join them. it was not until 12 n. 44, one hower later, a tactical team of border patrol uvalde police department made entry and finally shot the suspect. there are several questions, hard questions. understandable ones that have yet to be answered. this morning, inside the classroom with these chil
got to the school. he crashes into that ditch. then he goes into the school. 12 minutes later, outside the school for 12 minutes, jim. then he gets inside at 11:40. police arrive. they go into the school at 11:44. there was an exchange of gunfire. we know he goes into that classroom. it is not until an hour later when the border patrol tactical team arriveed that the tactical team then goes in and confronts the gunman. we want to know what police are doing and it s unclear. we know just after 1:00, police say they shoot the gunman and he dies. we often hear an account from an off duty patrol officer who
it s another mystery. almost as if he was standing there for police to arrive. 12 minutes before he goes to the school. let s face facts. he said on that text message he was going to go in and shoot kids in school so we know what his exact plan was. however, he waits for probably the police to arrive. this has to be looked at in general. even in a huge place like new york city, response times are pa lot shorter than that to get to a location. even with the amount of traffic that we have. so there is another issue that needs to be addressed and needs to be examined about exactly why that happened. jonathan, you had multiple agencies here. we know it was a customs and border patrol team that went in, customs and border protection team that went in eventually. but there was the local police, multiple units. who would have command? who would make the call?
why officers failed to enter the school while the attacker was still firing. those shots audible from the outside. here s what we do know at 11:8 a.m. central time, the suspect crashed into a ditch near the school. there is a picture there. he exited the vehicle and fired at two witnesses across the street. at 11:40 a.m., he entered through the west side of the building. there is the video there. two minutes later a teacher sent a text message saying there was an active shooter at the school. it was not until 11:43 that school officials announced they were under lockdown, one minute later, officers entered the school, were shot and and retreated as they called for further forces to join them. it was not until 12 n. 44, one hower later, a tactical team of border patrol uvalde police department made entry and finally shot the suspect.