Posted on 05/27/2022 1:45:26 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
Security footage from Robb Elementary School in Texas shows that a back door was propped open by a teacher before Tuesday's deadly mass shooting, Texas law enforcement officials said.
At 11:27 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the door that police believe was used by the 18-year-old gunman to enter the school was propped open by a teacher, Director of Texas Department of Public Safety Steven McCraw said at a Friday press conference.
McCraw said the detail was confirmed through "video evidence."
After the gunman crashed his vehicle in a ditch just a minute later, the teacher ran to get a phone and walked back to the propped-open door.
Two men at a nearby funeral home heard the crash and went to the scene, only to find the gunman exit the vehicle. The men ran as they were shot at, but were not hit.
Through security footage inside the school, McGraw said the teacher panicked and called police at 11:30 a.m. to report the crash and gunman.
Eventually, at 11:33 a.m. the gunman entered the school through the door, barricaded himself inside a classroom and massacred 19 children and two adults.
McCraw said police who arrived at the scene were told by a commander not to engage with the shooter because they believed there was no more threat to children.
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There are a lot of mistakes here. But don’t forget that Ramos is the one responsible... and his shrink.
I’m more concerned about the cops outside doing NOTHING!
Start getting ready for damages to all the families 🤪
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Did this teacher pay the price
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The story is that the door was propped open for the killer.
I was in the St. Pete courthouse. You had to go through a metal detector and a wanding to get in. While waiting for my lawyer to show, I was standing on the second floor looking out the window when I saw someone walk up to an unmarked emergency exit door outside and let themselves in. The door was propped open with a brick. I went down to the front entrance and told the guard. He rolled his eyes and said, “Yeah. That was set up by the head judge. He and his staff will not come in through the front door.” I said, “But anyone could come in. That area just leads to the parking lot. He said, “I know. Nothing we can do about it.”
So, the security in the courthouse was completely compromised by just one man with the power to do so. They might as well have had no guards and no magnetic equipment.
Probably not....terminal stupidity at its worst.
McCraw said police who arrived at the scene were told by a commander not to engage with the shooter because they believed there was no more threat to children.
You hear gunshots (she had to have heard them, and the crash too, look at the map and the shooter was close by) and prop the school door open? Either this story is wrong or there were a very serious series of unforced errors.
Not to worry. Teams of personal liability lawyers are descending upon Uvalde from every point of the compass...the scent of “lawsuit-lawsuit-lawsuit’ is in the air.
she props the door open just as he's getting there?????????
That is very strange. But I agree with another poster... the cops are to blame...how the F were so many good guys standing around with guns doing nothing for an hour? Madness!
was this done as a habit,
or just once?
I heard she propped the door open to go get her cell phone. They didn’t say whether or not she went back in.
The teacher “propped open” the door the gunman then used to enter the school? That teacher should be investigated intensely imo.
I wonder if the perp was on anti depressants.
There are some very bad potential side effects for those things.
Failure of the perp’s doctor to monitor and follow up (were they prescribed for him) would be a significant failure.
“Probably not....terminal stupidity at its worst.”
Why would she prop open the door?
https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/tx/uvalde/KUVA/date/2022-5-24
Looks like the high was 89.
Hot enough that someone might open a door to cool things down if the AC wasn't doing its job.
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