Uvalde shooting: CCTV shows police in the hallway – and captures the gunman – while the gunman attacks | US News

New footage has been released showing how a deadly shooting at a Texas school unfolded.

Nineteen children and two teachers were killed when Salvador Ramos targeted Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

The video shows the 18-year-old gunman ramming his pickup truck and entering the building – carrying an AR-15 assault rifle and walking down the hallway unobstructed at 11:33am on the 24th. May.

Moments later, a child is seen walking to a corner of the hallway, and running away.

The police officers arrived first after two and a half minutes. The two approached the classroom, but retreated after the shot was fired.

At 11:52 a.m., more police arrived – armed with guns, wearing body armor and carrying ballistic shields, but they were seen milling about in the hallway.

At 12:30 p.m., another officer was seen stopping to pick up hand sanitizer.

At 12:50pm – 77 minutes after the gunman entered the school – officers broke into the classroom and killed him.

Footage was recorded from CCTV in the school hallway, and portions were published by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE newspapers.

Delays in law enforcement’s response are at the heart of federal, state and local investigations into the massacre and its aftermath.

Families of the victims have been campaigning for the footage to be released and are expected to see the full recording later this week.

The results of the Texas Legislature’s investigation will also be released.

Residents in Uvalde were furious with what the footage showed, and at a council meeting on Tuesday night, they shouted action and demanded that police face the consequences.

Earlier this month, a report by the Texas Department of Public Safety suggested that a Uvalde officer may have shot Ramos before he entered the school, but hesitated while he waited for the superintendent’s permission.

In a statement, that division’s director, Steve McCraw, said the video provided “appalling evidence” that the law enforcement response was a failure.

However, he said the families of the dead should have had the first chance to see the footage, and he was “deeply disappointed” by the newspaper’s decision to publish the video.

Brett Cross, 10-year-old son Uziyah Garcia, who died in the shooting, said: “We are tired of seeing everything after the media has caught it. No one told us anything. And it’s disrespectful if not only us, but the memories of our kids.”