Law enforcement officials are facing questions about how much time passed before they stormed into an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school to end the mass shooting Tuesday inside the building in which 19 children and two adults were killed.
Witnesses say the watched helplessly outside the school while officers waited at least 40 minutes to enter Ross Elementary and stop the shooter, who was eventually fatally shot by law enforcement.
A parent who lost a fourth-grade daughter in the attack – Javier Cazares – said when he arrived at the school police were still gathered outside, according a report Thursday by the Associated Press.
"Let’s just rush in because the cops aren’t doing anything like they are supposed to," he said. "More could have been done. They were unprepared."
