Federal agents who went to Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Tex., on Tuesday to confront a gunman were told by local police to wait, but chose to enter the school.
Highlights
- Federal agents who went to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday to confront a gunman were told by local police to wait and not enter the school.
- After about half an hour, the federal agents opted of their own volition to lead the “stack” of officers inside the school and take down the shooter, two senior federal law enforcement officials say.
- Two teachers and 19 students, many of them fourth graders, were killed inside a single classroom during Tuesday’s massacre.
- The Texas Department of Public Safety director said Friday that Peter Arredondo had stopped at least 19 officers from breaking into the school as the gunman opened fire.