The mayor of Uvalde, Texas, is disputing a report that said a police officer had an opportunity to shoot the man who entered an elementary school in the town in May before he entered the school.
“No Uvalde police department officer saw the shooter on May 24 prior to him entering the school. No Uvalde police officers had any opportunity to take a shot at the gunman,” Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a statement to news outlets.
Experts with the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT) Center at Texas State University said in a report published July 6 that an officer with the Uvalde Police Department “observed the suspect carrying a rifle outside the west hall entry” to the building he eventually entered at Robb Elementary School….