Uvalde cops were too scared of school shooter’s ‘battle rifle’ AR-15
Body-camera footage captured some of the first responders to Robb Elementary last May warning that shooter Salvador Ramos, 18, had an “AR,” according to a“He has a battle rifle,” someone warned, as another officer getting the same warning reacted with a blunt “F–k.”
While mass-shooter training tells officers to risk their lives to immediately try to end the carnage, officers repeatedly admitted they feared being overpowered by the weapon, according to the investigation, which also cited previously unpublished interviews with investigators.UVALDE POLICE DEPARTMENT HANDOUT
“The way he was shooting, he was probably going to take all of us out,” he said of the widely condemned decision to wait for reinforcements even as 400 officers from various agencies eventually arrived.Uvalde Sgt. Donald Page also blamed the failure to storm in and confront Ramos on them knowing his weapon “was definitely an AR.”
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