AUSTIN, Texas — County leaders in Uvalde, Texas, released police body camera video and documents Tuesday detailing the agonizingly slow law enforcement response during one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Authorities were roundly criticized for failing to confront 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos for more than an hour after the May 2022 shooting began at Robb Elementary School.
Several bodycam videos show officers from multiple departments inside the school hallway and standing outside. Officers milling about suggest throwing gas in the window or searching for a key to the locked classroom, but it’s unclear any of those suggestions are taken or who is in charge.
Within minutes, parents making their way to a fence near the s