Onlookers urged police to charge into the
Texas grade school where a gunman killed 19 children and two
teachers, a witness says. The rampage lasted upwards of 40 minutes,
ending when the 18-year-old shooter was killed by a Border Patrol
team. https://t.co/Q11bo5eR6j
— The Associated Press (@AP)
May 26, 2022
24日一場驚動美國社會的校園槍擊案奪走21條人命，19名來不及長大的孩子，加上2名模範教師葬送教職生涯。槍手先是棄車闖入校園，爾後從一間教室走到另一間，就定位後鎖上門大開殺戒。然而，從報警到槍手被擊斃的過程將近90分鍾，罹難者家屬質疑，警方失職沒能第一時間破門而入，延誤救援關鍵時機。
綜合《每日郵報》、美聯社報導，社群平台流出一段事發當時校外混亂場麵，數十名家長驚慌失措，各個渾然不知的在外頭苦等。影片可以看到，有人對著員警咆哮，“你在幹什麽！快進去，孩子們被困在裡麵。”痛苦的哀號聲摻雜無盡的淚水，還有人等不及了，想說乾脆自己衝進去製伏歹徒。
*BREAKING* Robb Elementary School shooting.
Uvalde Texas. This video shows the chaos outside of the school
where parents were trying to find their children.#Uvalde
#RobbElementary
#SchoolShooting pic.twitter.com/yx97i6Bh9w
— TheFamily’sSoup TV (@FamilysSoupTV)
May 25, 2022
據了解，當天約莫上午11點32分接獲第一通報案電話，由於槍手犯案前就已將教室門鎖上，警方趕到現場時還等待警衛人員拿出備用鑰匙才衝進去，直至槍手中彈身亡全程花了將近90分鍾。
死者家屬紛紛質疑，“我看到至少40名警力全副武裝，卻沒有任何行動…”、“如果他們有更好的對策，我相信這一切很快就會結束…”、“本來可以做更多，警察隻是在外瞎等。”報導指出，目前無法證實這段影片拍攝時間點，且關於是否因員警失職而錯過救援時機，相關單位已展開調查進一步釐清真相。
‘Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t
doing anything’: Parents frustrated with ‘unprepared’ police
outside Texas school shooting debated storming the building
THEMSELVES as gunman holed up inside for 90 minutes.
#news #TXhttps://t.co/nlyxnUdrq5
— No Liberals (Also on Parler, Minds, Gab, Locals) (@NoLiberals)
May 26, 2022