Texas shooting: School where 19 pupils and two teachers were shot dead is to be demolished | US News
Robb Elementary School, where 19 students and two teachers were shot down, will be demolished.
High school dropout Salvador Ramos, There was a murderous rampage at a school in Uvalde, southwestern Texas last month.
And the small, intertwined community was so devastated by the tragedy that now the decision to close the school and destroy it has been made.
At a press conference of the City of Uvalde council, in response to a question, a council member confirmed the demolition.
The news arrived just hours after it was revealed There were enough armed police to stop Ramos three minutes after he entered the school.
Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, called the response a “huge failure” with “terrible decisions” being made by the commanding officer on site.
He repeated his previous assertion that up to 19 officers waited more than an hour in the hallway outside the classrooms before a Border Force task force swooped in and killed the gunman.
Nineteen fourth graders – 11 and 12 years old – and two teachers were killed during the May 24 attack.
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, was destroyed after a gunman rampage in December 2012 resulted in the deaths of 26 people – 20 children ages six to seven, and six staff members. great.
