The report on the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, released by the Texas state House of Representatives on July 17 shot down an account that a local police officer confronted the shooter and thus had a chance to bring him down prior to his entering the school.
False Report
The July 6 report by Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University said that a Uvalde police officer “observed the suspect carrying a rifle outside the west hall entry” to the building where he eventually entered at Robb Elementary School.“The officer, armed with a rifle, asked his supervisor for permission to shoot the suspect. However, the supervisor either did not hear or responded too late,” according to the report. “The officer turned to get confirmation from his supervisor, and when he turned back to address the suspect, he had entered the west hallway unabated.”
