“What happened to (Ruiz) is he tried to move forward into the hallway, he was detained, and they took his gun away from him and they escorted him from the scene,” Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told lawmakers.
Parents of victims outraged by Uvalde Police
The fact is that fully armed officers failed to respond. And the head of Texas’ state police has condemned the police response as a failure. And most Uvalde residents are blasting law enforcement as cowardly.
City and state leaders continue to urge patience and let the various investigations play out.
After the release of the video on Tuesday residents at the City Council meeting Tuesday demanded to know whether officers who were at the shooting had been fired. Council members did not have a response.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said no decisions have been made. “I don’t know they need to step down,” he said. “But everything needs to be reviewed.”
Greg Shaffer, a retired member of the FBI’s hostage rescue team, said “I think everyone in that hallway should reconsider their career choice. If you don’t have the courage and the mindset to run toward gunfire, as a police officer, then you’re in the wrong profession.”
