Not immediately entering the school in Uvalde, Texas , where Salvador Ramos was slaughtering dozens of children was a "bad decision" .
This was admitted by Steven McCraw, head of the Texas public safety department , after law enforcement was thrown into the storm for not immediately intervening in the class in which the 18-year-old was firing mercilessly. A choice that probably cost the lives of many innocent victims.
The commander who made the decision not to raid Robb Elementary School thought "there were no children at risk," the Texas police chief pointed out. "Obviously he was wrong." parents of the victims, ”he added at a press conference.
On that dramatic May 24, the killer fired at least 100 bullets . Several children called 911: “Please send the police now”, a desperate plea from a little girl.
THE NRA CONVENTION - Meanwhile , the convention of the powerful National Rifle Association weapons lobby opened in Houston : "All members of the NRA mourn the deaths of a criminal monster that caused unimaginable pain," said CEO Wayne LaPierre. Who then went on to attack President Joe Biden: " Eliminating the right to self-defense is not the answer , Biden's gun control proposals limit Americans' basic human right to self-defense."
THE STORY - Three days after the tragedy, the children still in shock begin to speak. Like 10-year-old Samuel Salinas , who remembers seeing Ramos walk into his classroom and yell, "You will all die."
"First he killed the teachers, then my classmates," said Samuel, who saw the killer point the gun at him. To save him was a chair, which deflected the bullet that hit him only by grazing.
At that point Samuel had the clarity to pretend to be dead: he remained motionless on the ground and so did many of his classmates: "I saw the bodies of the teachers and the other children. There was blood on the ground and there were children covered in blood ".
(Unioneonline / D)