Colonel Steven C. McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety has said that the police response, a 77-minute delay, was the “wrong decision.” An investigation into Texas’ deadliest school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers is underway. And so far, no one is praising the police action surrounding the May 24th tragedy.
Briseno and Hillcrest
Cody Briseno and his co-worker were the first to encounter the gunman outside Robb Elementary. The pair worked at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home across the street from the school.
The gunmen opened fire and they fled to the Funeral Home. They called the police. And Briseno called his wife and asked her to bring his gun.
Then the staff at Hillcrest watched the man shoot into the windows of the school from the outside.
With a gun in hand, Briseno tried to cross the street to stop the madman. But the police told him to stay back. And wouldn’t allow him to approach the school.
In an NBC interview, Briseno explained how several of the murdered students including his young cousin had services at Hillcrest. And as he helped lower each casket into the ground he wondered if he could have done more.
