The officer was reportedly injured in the firefight, according to Gonzalez, but then the shooter appeared to barricade himself inside the classroom, where a “30 minute lull” followed before he began shooting, according to Gonzalez. The shooter was in the classroom for about an hour total, and the border patrol agent eventually breached the classroom and neutralized the shooter.
A law enforcement official familiar with the matter, but who isn’t authorized to comment on the investigation, told the AP that police had difficulties breaching the classroom door to neutralize the gunman and had to ask school staff to open it with a key.
Law enforcement offered contradictory statements about the length of the massacre, the AP reported.
Texas Gunman Was In The Classroom For Half An Hour Before Law Enforcement Stormed In. Why?
The gunman in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting was left in the classroom full of children for over 30 minutes, according to multiple sources.
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