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Coverage dated May 26, 2022

Texas public safety director: 'Wrong decision' not to confront Uvalde shooter sooner

Headline from Miami County Republic

(The Center Square) – The commander in charge of the police response to Tuesday's mass shooting at an Uvalde elementary school made the "wrong decision" to not send officers into

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  1. Wyoming Public Media

    Officials call it the 'wrong decision' to delay confronting the Uvalde school shooter (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    Col. Steven McCraw of the Texas Department of Public Safety said Friday that the incident commander believed responders were dealing with a barricaded subject rather than an active shooter.

  2. Miami County Republic

    Texas public safety director: 'Wrong decision' not to confront Uvalde shooter sooner (opens Miami County Republic)

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    Miami County Republic's feed description

    (The Center Square) – The commander in charge of the police response to Tuesday's mass shooting at an Uvalde elementary school made the "wrong decision" to not send officers into

  3. Politico

    Texas official: Police made ‘wrong decision’ to wait on breaching Uvalde classroom (opens Politico)

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    The on-scene commander believed at the time that the gunman had barricaded himself and that the children were no longer at risk.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Texas official says ‘wrong decision’ to wait to confront shooter (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    ‘No excuse’ for officers to wait rather than enter classrooms where 9-and 10-year olds were trapped with gunman.

  5. NBC4 Washington

    Texas Official on Delay to Confront Shooter: ‘Obviously It Was the Wrong Decision' (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    Officials in Texas offered a more detailed timeline of events about the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

  6. NBC News

    Waiting to confront Texas school shooter was ‘the wrong decision,’ police admit along with string of other failures (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Authorities also admitted Friday to driving past the gunman and other failures in responding to the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

  7. The Guardian

    Texas police made ‘wrong decision’ waiting outside classroom, says official (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Steven McCraw, public safety director, says ‘there’s no excuse’ for officers’ failure to intervene in Uvalde school shooting sooner

  8. Forbes

    Texas Official: ‘Wrong Decision’ Not To Quickly Breach Uvalde Classroom Where Shooter Was Barricaded (opens Forbes)

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    “There was no excuse for that,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McGraw said of the decision to consider the situation as involving a barricaded suspect rather than an active shooter with children still at risk.

  9. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    ‘It Was the Wrong Decision' to Delay Breaching Classroom: Texas DPS Director Says (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw will hold a briefing on the Uvalde school massacre Friday morning at 11 a.m. Watch it live here.

  10. Deutsche Welle

    Texas shooting: 'Wrong decision' not to breach classroom earlier | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A Texas official has admitted mistakes during the Uvalde school massacre and says children had repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including one who pleaded: "Please send the police now."

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.