Sunday 29 May 2022 06:25 PM Mom of Texas shooting victim who bled out learns daughter would have lived if ... trends now
The mother of a Texas school shooting victim was told by first responders that her daughter may have survived the massacre if authorities had acted quicker.
State Sen. Ronald Gutierrez, a Democrat, claims first responders told the mother fourth-grader who bled to death Tuesday during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde that she would have responded if police had breached the classroom earlier.
'Her child had been shot by one bullet through the back through the kidney area,' Gutierrez told CNN on Sunday morning. 'The first responder that they eventually talked to said that their child likely bled out. In that span of 30 or 40 minutes extra, that little girl might have lived.'
Police admitted Thursday that officers didn't immediately rush into the school to find gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, during Tuesday's attack because they feared they might be killed, and even suggested that they deliberately locked Ramos in the classroom where he slaughtered 21 people in order to trap him.
Ramos, who killed 19 students and two teachers, likely shot the children in the first four minutes of his rampage, around 11.40am, yet none of them were removed from the building until at least 12.50pm, more than an hour later.
A person can bleed to death in less than five minutes, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, why politicians and doctors alike are criticizing the lack of response from Texas police.
It remains unclear exactly how many children were in the classroom when the Ramos opened fire, how many were killed immediately and how many were still alive but injured when police assisted. At least two students were taken to a local hospital but had died by the time they arrived.
The U.S. Justice Department announced Sunday it will conduct a Critical Incident Review of the law enforcement response to the school shooting.
'Absolutely, these mistakes may have led to the passing away of these children,' Gutierrez argued Sunday, adding how he had 'significant concerns' about 'operational control' during law enforcement's response to the shooting.
The senator said the state's active shooter protocols were 'breached' and that authorities failed to act
