The classroom door that separated Uvalde mass shooter Salvador Ramos and a team of police officers in Uvalde, last month wasn’t locked, according to a senior Texas law enforcement official.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw told a Texas Senate hearing Tuesday that there was nothing barring officers from accessing Ramos, who shot and killed 19 children and two adults on May 24 at Robb Elementary School.
“I have great reasons to believe (the door) was never secured,” McCraw said at the Senate hearing. “How about trying the door and seeing if it’s locked?”
McCraw’s statement is sure to further anger parents of children who have since accused local Uvalde police of failing in their duties. Police waiting outside the classroom the gunman was in for nearly an hour, officials have previously said….