perimeters. texas governor greg abbott, he defended himself in the criticism among his response to the shooting and his praise of police efforts. during his visit to uvalde on friday, the republican governor said he was initially misled by law enforcement officials and was restating what he heard when corroborating their version. i was misled and i am livid about what happened. and as everybody has learned, the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely livid about that. and here s my he expectation. my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. the governor is saying at that press conference at the cost the funerals for the victims was being taken care of by an anonymous doaner who gave $175,000 to make sure every funeral is paid for. he provided mental health care services for the
help. 19 officers were in the hallway outside the classroom. officers were told not to breach the door because the commanding officer determined the active shooting situation had ended and believed no more children were at risk. there were gun shots being heard. it wasn t until 12:50 that the classroom door was breached and the gunman was killed. that waiting was in fkt the wrong decision. waits the wrong decision. period. there is no excuse for that. we believe there should have been an entry as soon as you can. there is no longer, okay, there is no longer a barricaded subject. you don t have time. you don t make battle