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Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
Associated Press ^ | 5/25/2022 | JAKE BLEIBERG

Posted on 05/25/2022 7:51:51 PM PDT by mooncoin

— Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday, as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old shooter was killed by a Border Patrol team.

“Go in there! Go in there!” nearby women shouted at the officers soon after the attack began, said Juan Carranza, 24, who saw the scene from outside his house, across the street from Robb Elementary School in the close-knit town of Uvalde. Carranza said the officers did not go in.

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Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said 40 minutes to an hour elapsed from when Ramos opened fire on the school security officer and when the SWAT-like Border Patrol team shot him. But a department spokesman said later in the day that they could not give a solid estimate of how long the gunman was in the school or when he was killed.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: banglist; bidenvoters; police; texas; uvalde; waitedforshots2stop
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To: JD_UTDallas

Thank you


141 posted on 05/26/2022 5:29:48 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: JD_UTDallas

Say what you will about Putin, but there are some excellent Russian TV shows on YouTube. “Second Sight” is another good one.


142 posted on 05/26/2022 5:42:10 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DoughtyOne
Yeah, would it have been better if they went home knowing they shot and killed three kids to take the shooter out?

If the Russians were in this situation, they won't hesitate to go in and take the shooter out even if some innocents were hurt and/or killed in the crosshairs.

143 posted on 05/26/2022 6:12:22 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DOC44

Obviously the facts aren’t yet clear so why get your pants in a knot?


144 posted on 05/26/2022 6:34:58 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: marktwain

40 minutes before anyone entered the building - problem number one.

Unlocked back school door - problem number two

screwed up kid with a drug addicted mother who had a live in boyfriend and his grandfather is a felon so he had no normal home life - problem number 3

School personnel knew he was cutting his face up, not showing up, and nothing was done - problem number 4.


145 posted on 05/26/2022 6:37:16 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: circlecity

Again lots of mixed reports and common in criminal cases - even by the Mayor there and others. So it should be people wait until the investigation is completed - but they never do.


146 posted on 05/26/2022 6:37:22 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: marktwain

We’re all playing guesswork and there’s far too many conflicting reports to know yet how this went down.

Bottom line is the shooter is dead. He murdered a classroom full of students and teachers - others injured - shot his grandmother. ...and left a community in mourning.

There’s alot of unbalanced people out there and they will shoot up malls, schools and anywhere people gather. We’ve seen it in this case and others past.


147 posted on 05/26/2022 6:42:43 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: JD_UTDallas

So typical in reporting - first it was a car, then his truck, then his grandmothers truck.


148 posted on 05/26/2022 6:48:03 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: caww

No, they don’t HAVE to.

That is the cowards answer.


149 posted on 05/26/2022 6:54:33 AM PDT by Manuel OKelley
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To: caww

“Obviously the facts aren’t yet clear so why get your pants in a knot?”

This follows standard operating procedure like in the Florida school shooting a few years ago. “stand down-— hold position and secure-—wait for backup”

According to news reports now the guy that went in and shot the shooter was an off duty border patrol agent and was wearing a baseball cap not a kevlar helment.

We have seen this movie before and more people die.


150 posted on 05/26/2022 6:56:35 AM PDT by DOC44 (ro)
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To: caww

“Obviously the facts aren’t yet clear so why get your pants in a knot?”

This follows standard operating procedure like in the Florida school shooting a few years ago. “stand down-— hold position and secure-—wait for backup”

According to news reports now the guy that went in and shot the shooter was an off duty border patrol agent and was wearing a baseball cap not a kevlar helment.

We have seen this movie before and more people die.


151 posted on 05/26/2022 6:56:35 AM PDT by DOC44 (ro)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

As i see it a screwed up family - and a teenage member who decides to knowingly take out his frustrations and anger of his own life by shooting and injuring people .....who the police shot and now he’s dead.

And we’re doing the same thing over and over again when these incidents happen - and obvious there’s no way anything is going to control the minds of people who decide they’re going to do such things.

It’s time parents - once again - gather and determine how THEY’RE going to handle these situations because it will likely happen again.


152 posted on 05/26/2022 7:00:33 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: JD_UTDallas
Danish man shot people with a bow and arrow in a rampage that killed five people in Norway.

These drranged people are everywhere


153 posted on 05/26/2022 7:07:17 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: DOC44

Yes and it will repeat in the future. And officers will be damned if they do and damned if they don’t no matter how it’s handled.


154 posted on 05/26/2022 7:10:14 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: caww

In a school? VERY QUICKLY!


155 posted on 05/26/2022 7:21:12 AM PDT by nanook (Thomas Jefferson was right.)
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To: Manuel OKelley

Well you’re going to have to figure that out on your own.


156 posted on 05/26/2022 7:32:50 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: LibertyWoman

Police called it a stolen truck and few places I read it was his grandmothers truck.


157 posted on 05/26/2022 7:41:52 AM PDT by Irenic
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To: mooncoin

Armed Cops with body armor and who knows what else stand outside and eat donuts while a killer runs wild.

They are not there to protect you or your children.


159 posted on 05/26/2022 8:17:00 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Does so

So can my deer rifle.....


160 posted on 05/26/2022 8:21:23 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Had a tag line a couple times....maybe have another someday.)
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