Reports and images of parents trying to push through law enforcement to rescue their children surfaced in the days following the shooting, and some parents have said police did not immediately respond when urged to enter the school. While officials said that officers responded to the scene "within minutes," they didn't specify how long it took for police to engage with the shooter. Law enforcement officials have given conflicting accounts of what happened in the approximate hour the gunman was inside the school. "It doesn't take a genius to figure out that it just took too long to get in there and, you know, had they gotten there sooner, and someone would have taken immediate action, we might have more of those children here today," Garza told CNN.
Law enforcement personnel stand outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.Īlfred Garza, whose 10-year-old daughter Amerie Jo was killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, told CNN he was in disbelief over how long it took for police to enter the school. His relief was short-lived after he found out his niece, Ellie Garcia, was unaccounted for. "But as a parent, I wanted to squeeze him right there, but I wanted to get him out because I didn't want him to see all that." "I can't explain the joy I had when I saw my son walk out of those doors, and I finally had him," Alonzo told CNN. I am filled with anger, but I feel no hatred towards him," he added. "The Bible says in Ephesians 4 that we must forgive one another, just as God has forgiven. As powerful as that, I forgive him," Adrian Alonzo told CNN about the 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 school children and two teachers at Robb Elementary school last Tuesday. The uncle of a Uvalde school shooting victim says he has forgiven the gunman who killed his niece. Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images People gather at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church to pray for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 25, 2022. It also ranked 15 for adults and 30 for youth - indicating that it had high prevalence of mental health illnesses but limited care. Mental Health America, a non-profit tracking mental health resources across the country, however, ranked Texas 50 out of 51 territories for mental health access in 2021. In a press conference on Wednesday, Abbott attributed the rise in mass shootings to mental-health challenges. However, it's not known if the 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two adults had a history of mental illness.ĬNN's Pamela Brown reported that despite Abbott's assertion that the issue is tied to mental health, he's cut more than $117 million from the state's Health and Human Services Commission in 2021 to a little more than $93 million in 2022.Īcross the two years, more than $200 million was cut from the departments funds to go towards supporting the National Guard and efforts on the border, per the outlet. Greg Abbott blamed the Uvalde school shooting on mental health but cut close to $2o million from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, which oversees mental health services, CNN reported. The tight-knit Latino community of Uvalde was wracked with grief Wednesday after a teen in body armor marched into the school and killed 19 children and two teachers, in the latest spasm of deadly gun violence in the US. Texas Governor Greg Abbott attends a vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 25, 2022. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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