Border Patrol agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service were able to enter the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, while the shooter Salvador Ramos was shooting at students and teachers, but members of the Police Department of Uvalde prevented it.
The foregoing was revealed by two officials informed about the situation, who detailed that the federal agents arrived at the scene sometime between 12: 00 pm and 12: 10 pm, much earlier than previously reported.
But they did not enter the adjoining classrooms from the school where Ramos had locked himself up until shortly before 13 hours.
The new details revealed deepened questions about the tactics used to respond to the shooting and the time it took for the officers on the scene to put an end to the massacre in which they died 24 persons, 19 children and two teachers.
According to one official, who like the other spoke anonymously to discuss an ongoing investigation, said that when they arrived at the scene they encountered a scene of chaos, where there were people pulling children out of windows, while the local police, who only had pistols and some rifles, tried to secure a perimeter.
He also said that the federal agents did not understand why they left them expect. Finally, the specialized team of the Border Patrol was the one that entered the school.
The Texas police have said that the young man from 18 years armed was locked in a couple of adjoining classrooms and that he had already shot several students there in the first few minutes; with him immobilized there, elements initially focused on evacuating students and teachers from other parts of the school.
State officials commented that initially they had tried to enter the classes, but backed off after Ramos shot at them, wounding two police officers.
The official indicated that the federal agents had come from the border with Mexico. He also said officers were unclear as to why their team was needed and why the local SWAT team did not respond.
Most of the 21 victims died in the place where the murderer locked himself up. Salvador Ramos died after being fatally shot by the federal team that entered more than an hour after the initial call to 911.
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