I understand that, but when responding to a call at a middle-school, it seems like thay could have just cleared the place out, called for those items, and waited. They could have gotten behind some cover I would thing. I don’t think he had a hostage, did he?
What a heartbreaker.
We make war on the unborn babies and young children.
Sure, let's clear out the building by walking a few hundred students past this angry kid. There's so many things to use as cover in a long straight hallway. Good grief. They didn't know it wasn't a real gun. They had to act fast or he could have easily ducked into a classroom and had himself about 30 hostages.
The rest of the students were locked in classrooms. This boy was walking the hall. How are you going to “clear the place” without exposing all of those students to the one with the gun? Hint: You’re not.