At 11:40 a.m. on May 24, heavily armed Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers.

Already shortly after 12 o'clock, about 20 police officers must have been on site in a corridor outside the classroom.

At least one student and one teacher must have made emergency calls several times and appealed for the police to enter.

But it took almost an hour for the American border police to arrive, who shot the 18-year-old to death.

The time it took has raised questions and led to anger.

"Our task is clear"

Much about the course of events is still unclear, but on Friday, Steven McCraw, head of the Texas state public safety agency, went through a press conference at more details from the act.

He then admitted that it was subsequently a wrong decision by the police officer on site to wait for reinforcements from specially trained police.

- The officer wanted to get reinforcements that could neutralize the perpetrator.

At the same time, our task is clear, that each of the police officers who are on site must neutralize a person who is shooting, he said when he was hard pressed and strongly affected to answer questions.

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Rosa tells of the horror of the school shooting: "I texted my whole family".

Photo: Micke Eriksson