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‘Somebody was wrong.’ Texas shooting victim’s father demands accountability over police delays at school
“It would not take a genius to determine that it simply took too lengthy to get in there and, , had they gotten there sooner, and somebody would have taken fast motion, we’d have extra of these kids right here as we speak,” he advised CNN. “Together with my daughter.”
“We had been asking and begging (authorities) to do one thing,” Jennifer Gaitan, whose daughter was within the college through the capturing, advised CNN on Friday evening, including one officer had a bodily confrontation along with her. “I really feel like they weren’t involved about the actual trauma that was occurring inside.”
“They waited too lengthy as a result of I used to be out right here. And I am not the one father or mother that witnessed it.”
On the information convention, Texas Division of Public Security Director Steven McCraw stated the primary Uvalde cops entered the varsity roughly two minutes after the gunman — and greater than an hour earlier than he was finally killed.
At one level — greater than 45 minutes earlier than the gunman was killed — as much as 19 officers had been standing within the hallway.
The gunman got here out of a closet
The decisive motion was taken when a unit of border patrol brokers arrived on the scene. Once they entered the classroom, the gunman got here out of a closet and started firing, a supply accustomed to the scenario advised CNN.
A type of brokers was holding a protect and was adopted by not less than two others who engaged the shooter, a US Customs and Border Safety official stated.
The gunman is believed to have waited for the brokers to enter the room, then kicked open the closet and started capturing, the supply stated.
Legislation enforcement shot and killed Ramos at roughly 12:50 p.m. — greater than an hour after he entered the varsity constructing and started capturing into the adjoining school rooms, McCraw stated.
A police chief’s ‘fallacious choice’
The Uvalde Faculty District police chief — who McCraw stated made the choice to not breach the category door, however didn’t point out by title — is Pedro “Pete” Arredondo.
“A call was made that this was a barricaded topic scenario,” McCraw stated of the incident commander’s “thought course of” on the time.
“From the advantage of hindsight the place I am sitting now, after all it was not the suitable choice,” McCraw stated of the decision to not confront the shooter. “It was the fallacious choice. Interval.”
McCraw declined to touch upon whether or not Arredondo was on scene through the capturing. CNN tried to succeed in Arredondo at his house on Friday, however there was no response.
At earlier information conferences hours after the capturing, the chief stated the gunman was lifeless however offered little info on the assault, citing the investigation and taking no questions.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott stated Friday he needs a full accounting of what occurred however added he has no say in whether or not the varsity district’s police chief ought to be fired.
“So far as his employment standing is anxious, that is one thing that’s past my management and I’ve no data about,” the governor stated, including, “Each act of all of these officers shall be identified and recognized and defined to the general public.”
Coaching handbook: Officer’s first precedence is to ‘confront attacker’
Tips on dealing with lively shooter conditions within the state’s fee on legislation enforcement coaching handbook that was obtained by CNN say an “officer’s first precedence is to maneuver in and confront the attacker.”
The 2020 handbook says finishing up that first precedence and confronting the shooter “might embrace bypassing the injured and never responding to cries for assist from kids.”
“As first responders we should acknowledge that harmless life should be defended,” it says. “A primary responder unwilling to position the lives of the harmless above their very own security ought to contemplate one other profession discipline.”
All legislation enforcement officers in Texas are skilled on these tips.
“By some means, someway, somebody must reply for, , what was completed,” Garza, the younger sufferer’s father, stated, calling for accountability for the best way authorities responded. “When anyone out right here does one thing fallacious, they should pay for it so what’s the legislation obtained to pay, whoever was accountable, how are they going to attempt to make it proper?”
“Any individual must be held accountable. Any individual was fallacious,” he added.
To this point, two Uvalde funeral houses have introduced visitation and funeral plans for a number of of the capturing victims, together with Amerie Jo, in keeping with posts on their web sites.
“My daughter, she’s gone and we’re attempting to put her to relaxation and for her to be at peace,” Garza stated.
CNN’s Curt Devine, Ed Lavandera, Amanda Watts, Adrienne Broaddus, Andy Rose and Priscilla Alvarez contributed to this report.
NORTH TEXAS – This week’s snow event will end with a “few flurries” during Friday’s morning commute, according to CBS News Texas meteorologist Jeff Ray.
“But roads will have frozen over,” Ray said.
Expect hazardous road conditions in the morning, as it will be “the worst” the roads have been since the event started on Thursday morning, Ray said.
Late in the morning, temperatures will rise above freezing, which will “help drivers get around the Metroplex,” Ray said.
A cold front is expected Friday, he said.
“We are going to have wind chills in the 20s all day,” Ray said. “By nightfall on Friday, temperatures will drop quickly and water will re-freeze on the roads across the evening. This ice will remain until mid-morning on Saturday before the sun and warmer temperatures in the mid-40s clear the roadways.”
CBS News Texas will continue to provide updates as information becomes available.
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South Carolina women’s basketball hosts its SEC home opener against Texas A&M on Thursday evening. Here’s how to watch and what to watch for.
1. Missing Ashlyn
South Carolina announced on Tuesday that junior forward Ashlyn Watkins will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Staley let Watkins tell the team about her injury, and then the coaches have tried to push forward.
“We just keep it moving, try not to harp on it too much because it’s felt,” Staley said. “The more you move on, the more they move on – and our players have to move on. It’s a part of it.”
I broke down how South Carolina will try to replace Watkins here.
Staley said, “Only time will tell” the impact of Watkins’ absence, but it is definitely an opportunity for Maryam Dauda, Adhel Tac, and Sakima Walker to step into a new role.
“Sometimes, when you remove someone as big as Ashlyn from your equation, other people have an opportunity,” Staley said. “And what they do with that opportunity, usually, they do something pretty good with it. We’ll work with them, and we’ll be patient with them.”
2. Spurtability
South Carolina’s strengths this season have been its bench and its transition game. In the first two SEC games, South Carolina pulled away with the second unit on the court getting stops and getting out in transition.
Watkins, with her ability to rim run with or without the ball, was a huge part of that. Her absence isn’t going to stop the Gamecocks from running, especially at home. Even without Watkins, the Gamecocks had 15 fast break points on Sunday.
That quick-strike ability has Texas A&M coach Jni Taylor worried.
“We have a saying around here that says, ‘before you know it,’” Taylor said. “If you keep doing the right thing, keep putting your head down, keep grinding, you look up and before you know it, you’ll be where you’re supposed to be. Likewise, if you don’t come out ready, if you are pouting, if you are feeling sorry for yourself, before you know it, you won’t be where you’re supposed to be. That’s one of those things at South Carolina. They’re a really good team. They play really well at home. We will be, flashback of last year here, we’ll be down 15 to zero before we can bat an eye if we don’t come out ready to go.”
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3. (Dress rehearsal)
Nobody is going to say it out loud, but Thursday’s game is an important tune-up for the Sunday showdown against no. 5 Texas.
Is Tac ready to battle Kyla Oldacre? Can Dauda’s shooting pull Oldacre away from the paint? Is there enough rim protection to keep Rori Harmon from getting easy layups, or do they need to get creative? Who should guard Madison Booker?
It’s a familiar refrain in these parts. Get the game in hand early so you have the fourth quarter to look at some different lineups.
“We let our players play through some stuff, and then you’ve got to look at the scoreboard,” Staley said. “If we’re holding serve on the scoreboard, and we’re up, more lenient to leave them out there to give them some minutes. But, if the scoreboard moves in an unfavorable way, then you got to get combinations out there that’s going to move it the opposite way.”
Texas hosts no. 18 Alabama on Thursday night, so the Longhorns can’t afford to look ahead. But we can.
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4. Availability report
Maddy McDaniel and Sakima Walker were both listed as OUT on the Wednesday evening Availability Report.
McDaniel has not played since the holiday break after suffering a concussion. Walker has not played since the Iowa State game and hasn’t been available since the TCU game with an ankle injury. Both have started participating in practice this week but obviously are not yet full-speed.
Vanessa Saidu is listed as OUT for Texas A&M. She has yet to play this season. Amirah Abdur-Rahim is listed as questionable.
Side note: Because Watkins has been declared out for the season, she is not included on the availability report.
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5. Scouting the Aggies
The Aggies are one of the three SEC teams that haven’t reached 10 wins yet. There are a lot of good players on the roster – anyone in the country would take Lauren Ware, Sahara Jones, and Janae Kent – plus a great scorer in Aicha Coulibaly, but the sum of the parts hasn’t been quite where it needs to be.
However, Texas A&M is coming off an upset of then-25th-ranked Ole Miss on Sunday. The win was a 60-58 rock fight in which Ole Miss shot 0-12 in the fourth quarter, but that fits Joni Taylor’s defensive mindset.
‘I think that we’ve been able to show really good spurts defensively of how we can impact the game,” Taylor said. “To hold Ole Miss or any team, for that matter, without a field goal in the fourth quarter is really impressive, and I think it just shows, again, what we are capable of.”
Coulibaly has been a thorn in the Gamecocks’ side before. She scored 32 points and grabbed six rebounds against the Gamecocks in the SEC tournament quarterfinals last season. Coulibaly had no problem getting to the basket and drawing fouls, going 13-15 from the line. And that was with Watkins and Kamilla Cardoso guarding the rim.
“Coulibaly is the one that we haven’t solved playing against her,” Staley said. “I do think they’re better. They’re playing more cohesive. They’ve got some bigs that do what bigs do. They have guards that are a year older, some transfers that have played in our league, so … formidable. And then, they’re coming off a big win against Ole Miss.”
Texas A&M freshman Taliyah Parker was a high school teammate of Tac’s at South Grand Prairie. Parker has appeared in all 14 games this season and averages 5.3 points and 2.4 rebounds.
The Ws
Who: #1 South Carolina (14-1, 2-0) vs Texas A&M (8-6, 1-1)
When: 5:00 EST, Thursday, January 9
Where: Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, SC
Watch: ESPN2
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