NEW: We obtained the 911 calls & police radio traffic during the #Uvalde school shooting, which police for 5 months refused to disclose. What they reveal is some officers knew students were likely in danger, yet did not immediately act (1/10) propublica.org/article/uvalde…
The 911 calls from Robb Elementary and hundreds of police radio transmissions also show that some officers falsely believed no students were trapped inside with the gunman and were surprised to find multiple victims.
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Shortly after the Robb Elementary shooting began, a dispatcher wrongly stated that the school police chief was “inside the room” with the shooter. This misled some officers into believing the chief had made contact with him, which was never true. propublica.org/article/uvalde…
At 12:12 p.m. a dispatcher broadcasted a child had reported being in “the room full of victims, full of victims at this moment,” 2 mins later an officer outside said “there’s victims in there, dude.” “We need to get in there,” one responded. No one did. texastribune.org/2022/11/01/uva…
5 mins after that, a constable in the hallway suggested the gunman had shot himself, since he had not fired in a while. Then he fired four more times. The school police chief can be heard saying: “We have victims in there. I don’t want to have any more” propublica.org/article/uvalde…
This builds on our previous reporting that the chaotic police response, where officers waited 1 hour+ to confront the gunman, suffered from a leadership vacuum where no one took charge. Officers lacked & misunderstood basic info about what was going on. texastribune.org/2022/07/17/law…
.@txdps sent 91 officers to the scene, second only to @cbp, whose team ultimately ended the shooting. But DPS never attempted to take charge of the chaotic response, and its leaders have deflected scrutiny and blamed the school chief and his 6 officers. texastribune.org/2022/09/06/tex…
Communication was a key failure throughout the response. #Uvalde’s emergency system was overwhelmed and many radios didn’t work. But a capable incident commander should have overcome those challenges, experts and lawmakers said. house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/com…
In one instance, a DPS captain who just arrived on scene ordered a @cbp team about to breach the classrooms to stand by. But they entered & killed the gunman. 77 minutes after the shooting began, it ended because of the feds. (10) texastribune.org/2022/11/01/uva…
@CBP Adding (11) that before publishing we reached out to families involved. We listened to concerns and adjusted. We informed others in Uvalde what was coming. We did everything possible, but ultimately this was a horrific tragedy & families also want answers.
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