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June 21, 2022

New Surveillance Video Raises Questions About Police Response to Uvalde School Massacre
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Newly released surveillance camera footage from inside the Robb
Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has shed new light on the police
response to last month's mass shooting at the school that killed 19
fourth graders and two of their teachers. New video shows heavily armed
officers were inside the school and had at least one ballistic shield
just minutes after the gunman entered the school. But officers didn't
enter the classroom for another 58 minutes. It has also emerged that a
Uvalde police officer had a chance to shoot the gunman before he entered
the school, but the officer declined to take the shot, fearing he could
accidentally hit someone else.


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