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19 students and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Uvaldy Elementary School in Texas, USA on May 24.
A video showing the incompetent response of the police at the time was released, causing outrage from the victims’ families and residents.
This is reporter Im Soo-geun.
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At 11:33 on the day of the disaster, the gunman Ramos crossed the school fence and entered the classroom hallway.
A gunman rushes into the classroom and opens fire with a rifle, and a student hastily hides.
Several police officers arrived at the school at 11:36 a.m. It was only three minutes following the shooting started, but they only stand in the hallway.
19 minutes following the shooting, additional heavily armed police with bulletproof vests and shields arrive, but they also do not enter the classroom.
Meanwhile, gunshots rang out once more in the classroom, and at 12:50, 77 minutes following the shooting started and 74 minutes following arriving at the school, the police finally broke the classroom door and killed Ramos.
Earlier, the Texas police authorities defined the response of the on-site police as a ‘disastrous failure’ and officially admitted the mistake.
[스티븐 매크로 / 텍사스주 공공안전부 국장 (지난달 21일) : 초등학교 총격 참사 당시 법 집행기관의 대응이 처참한 실패였다는 강력한 증거가 있습니다. 경찰 대응은 ‘컬럼바인 대학살’ 이후 지난 20여 년간 우리가 배운 것과는 정반대였습니다.]
The victims’ families and residents, who have criticized the police’s incompetent response, were outraged when the video was released.
[다니엘 밸디즈 마이어즈 / 유밸디 주민 : 경찰은 무기를 갖추고 보호장구도 차고는 서성대기만 했어요. 당시 어린 학생은 911에 전화해서 범인이 교실로 들어오고 있다고 말하고 있었는데 말이죠.]
However, the police chief who was at the scene said he did not know he was the on-site commander, and insisted that he did not save the body, saying that he only misjudged the shooting as a hostage play.
This is YTN Im Soo-geun.
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