Uvalde Mayor Disputes Report That Officer Had Early Chance to Shoot Gunman

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin at a city council meeting in Uvalde, Texas, on June 21, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, is disputing a report that says a police officer had an early opportunity to shoot the 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school on May 24.

“No Uvalde police department officer saw the shooter on May 24 prior to him entering the school,“ Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a statement to news outlets. ”No Uvalde police officers had any opportunity to take a shot at the gunman.”