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USALiberal

(10,877 posts)
Thu May 26, 2022, 07:50 PM May 2022

Uvalde Shooter Fired Outside School for 12 Minutes Before Entering


UVALDE, Texas—Local residents voiced anger Thursday about the time it took to end the mass shooting at an elementary school here, as police laid out a fresh timeline that showed the gunman entered the building unobstructed after lingering outside for 12 minutes firing shots.

Victor Escalon, a regional director for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said in a briefing that the now-deceased gunman…

https://www.wsj.com/articles/uvalde-residents-voice-frustration-over-shooting-response-11653588161
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Uvalde Shooter Fired Outside School for 12 Minutes Before Entering (Original Post) USALiberal May 2022 OP
I wanna withhold judgement... but as we hear more, it will only get worse ck4829 May 2022 #1
There's something very wrong in that city. Majority hispanic yet a cracker mayor and cracker cops. PSPS May 2022 #2
"Cracker"? Wow. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #3
12 minutes bucolic_frolic May 2022 #4
It is ridiculous!! Nt USALiberal May 2022 #5
 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
3. "Cracker"? Wow.
Thu May 26, 2022, 07:59 PM
May 2022

The cops were not "crackers" as you call them. Perhaps watch some of the footage.

One of the teachers killed was married to a cop.

bucolic_frolic

(43,182 posts)
4. 12 minutes
Thu May 26, 2022, 07:59 PM
May 2022

How long could someone shoot outside a building before being noticed? 12 minutes? I would notice shots in about 15 seconds and say "what's going on?"

What happened to the report his grandmother called 911?

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