The police at the school had rifles earlier than known –

UVALDE, Texas (AP) – Several police officers stood in the hallway of Robbie Elementary School, armed with rifles and a ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving on campus, according to documents reviewed. Austin is a devastating new discovery an American statesman has raised questions as to why police didn’t act faster to stop the murder that killed 19 children and two teachers last month.

The series of revelations, which began the same week as the May 24 massacre, left an impression of response from law enforcement.

The newspaper followed up with documents, including school surveillance and a video camera of the police body, by unknown investigators. Massacre on May 24. The information will be presented Tuesday at a public hearing in the Texas Senate in Austin. Investigators say the latest information indicates the agents had more than enough firepower and protection to drop them before the guns even fired, the newspaper reported.

The length of the U.S. state report from the documents includes footage from inside the school showing an 18-year-old gunman accidentally entering the back door at 11:33 a.m., entering a room study, and immediately fired a weapon. burn before barricading. The video showed 11 officers entering the school three minutes later, the newspaper reported.

School District Police Chief Pete Arendo called the police department officers and said their suspect “loudly shot” an AR-15 rifle and beat up school officials who he said were only armed with guns. Reported.

Four minutes later, at 11:44 a.m., the body camera video recorded another gunshot. At 11:52 am, the first ballistic shield arrived when officers became impatient. Arendondo had a hard time finding the key to the classroom door, although no one seemed to attempt to open the door, the newspaper reports.

The second officer arrived carrying a ballistic shield at 12:03, the second with a shield two minutes later. About 30 minutes before officers could finally enter the classroom door at 12:50 p.m., Arendondo was heard thinking aloud if a gun could be fired from the window. At 12:46 p.m., Arendo told members of the tactical team to open the door when they were ready, the newspaper reported.

The delayed law enforcement response is at the center of federal, state and local investigations into the massacre and its results. The question of police response began a few days after the massacre. Colonel Steve McCrow, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said May 27 that Arendo made the “wrong decision” when he chose not to raid the classroom for more than 70 minutes, even with students in fourth grade is desperate in second grade. . Call 911 for help.

Another legislative committee concluded a closed-door hearing scheduled for two days in Wawald on Tuesday because of these delays.

State spokesman Dustin Burroughs, who heads the shooting investigation committee at Wawald Robbie Elementary School, said earlier in the day that the jury will hear more testimony from the Wawald Police Department and other officials. School District Police and member of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

After the Burroughs opened during the commission hearing in Wawald, the commission entered the executive session and prevented the public from hearing the witness’s testimony. Burroughs did not immediately leave the executive session on Monday afternoon to make a statement in testimony that day.

Burroughs said the show will continue Tuesday in Austin. He said he hopes to provide information on when the preliminary report will be made public.