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11 officers responded to Uvalde shooting within 3 minutes, source says, as new reports reveal how authorities then waited to engage

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By Travis Caldwell and Rosa Flores, CNN Eleven officers — including Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo — were inside Robb Elementary within three minutes of a gunman entering on May 24, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells CNN, as new reports provide a closer loo…

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  1. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    11 officers responded to Uvalde shooting within 3 minutes, source says, as new reports reveal how authorities then waited to engage (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Travis Caldwell and Rosa Flores, CNN Eleven officers — including Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo — were inside Robb Elementary within three minutes of a gunman entering on May 24, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells CNN, as new reports provide a closer loo…

  2. Foxla

    Report: Police officers in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known (opens Foxla)

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    The information is to be presented to a public Texas Senate hearing in Austin on Tuesday. Investigators say the latest information indicates officers had more than enough firepower and protection to take down the gunman long before they finally did, the outlets reported.

  3. The Buffalo News

    Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known (opens The Buffalo News)

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    Documents examined by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school hallway with at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a

  4. Delaware Public Media

    The police were inside the Uvalde elementary school earlier than previously known (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Facts are trickling out about the police response during the shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Surveillance video shows police entering the school with rifles and a ballistic shield much earlier than known.

  5. WFMZ Allentown

    Report: Police at school had rifles earlier than known (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Documents examined by the Austin American-Statesman show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school hallway with at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving

  6. Breitbart News

    Report: Officers Were in Uvalde School at 19-Minute Mark of Attack (opens Breitbart News)

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    A report claims cops in Uvalde did not enter the classroom where the gunman was holed up until nearly 60 minutes after entering the school.

  7. Hot Air

    Cops had more firepower at start of Uvalde shooting than previously thought (opens Hot Air)

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    The footage shows that multiple officers were inside the building with rifles and at least one ballistic shield, nine minutes after the gunman arrived. They didn’t enter the classroom the shoote...

  8. NBC News

    Report: Officers were in Uvalde school with rifles, shield 19 minutes after gunman (opens NBC News)

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    New details published by Texas news organizations could raise more questions about the police response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary.

  9. The Times of Israel

    Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles, ballistic shield an hour before class stormed (opens The Times of Israel)

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    New revelation deepens questions about why police didn’t act faster to stop shooter who killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas last month

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  12. Fox News

    Uvalde shooting: Officers with rifles and a ballistic shield were inside school for 58 minutes: report (opens Fox News)

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    Officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield were inside the Uvalde school for nearly an hour before taking out the gunman, according to a report.

  13. Washington Times

    Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known, report shows (opens Washington Times)

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    Multiple police officers armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield stood and waited in a school hallway for nearly an hour while a gunman carried out a massacre of 19 elementary students and two teachers, according to a Monday news report that marks the latest embarrassing revelation about…

  14. Hot Air

    Bombshell redux: Uvalde cops were in school with rifles, ballistic shields within minutes (opens Hot Air)

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    It keeps getting worse in Uvalde

  15. Gopusa

    In Uvalde school shooting officers had rifles earlier than previously known (opens Gopusa)

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    Multiple police officers stood in a hallway at Robb Elementary School armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes of a gunman arriving at the campus, according to documents reviewed by the American-Statesman, a devastating new revelation deepening questions about why police…

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