
Texas police acknowledged that they made the "wrong decision" by not interfering with the school where 19 children and 2 teachers were massacred.
"If I thought it would help, I would apologize," local police chief Steven Mçraë said during a press conference with debates.
He confirmed that the arrival of the police tactical team delayed for 40 minutes, during which time students trapped in the classroom made dozens of calls to the police for help.
The delay in response, now confirmed by authorities, has raised even more questions about why 18-year-old Salvador Ramos was inside the school for so long before he was killed, not by local officers, but by border force units, who were called for help.
The armed person crashed his car near the school around 11:30 a.m. local time, discovered Mtraand entered the school shortly afterwards, but it was not until 12:51 p.m. that a tactical unit penetrated the door, entering and killing him.
The delay occurred in part because the local police commanding officer at the scene believed the situation was not that dangerous and that the perpetrator was not intent on killing minors.