Authorities confirm gunman stayed locked in a classroom for up to an hour with officers massed outside

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Criticism is building over how Texas law enforcement agencies responded to the mass shooting at Robb elementary school in Uvalde, after authorities confirmed yesterday that the gunman remained locked inside a classroom for up to an hour as large numbers of police officers massed outside, with desperate parents begging them to take action.

A video recorded by residents captured the anger of parents at the spectacle of armed police standing outside the school and not going in. The video showed an officer trying to push parents back from the side of the school.

One mother said police put her in handcuffs for “interfering in an active investigation” when she urged them to enter the school, according to the Wall Street Journal. Authorities have disputed her account.

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A Texas gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers this week was inside the school for about 40 minutes before being killed by border patrol agents, and conflicting reports have emerged about the law enforcement response in the crucial moments after the 18-year-old shooter entered the building.

Border patrol agents had trouble breaching the classroom door and had to get a staff member to open the room with a key, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told the Associated Press.

Witnesses described a scene of desperation, with officers amassing outside the school but not entering the building. “Go in there! Go in there!” a nearby women reportedly shouted at the officers soon after the attack began but they did not.

The father of a fourth grader who was killed raised the idea of running inside himself when he felt that law enforcement was not going to act.