Updated timeline: How police responded to the Texas school shooter

The Texas Department of Public Safety released a detailed new timeline on June 21

Updated June 21, 2022 at 4:37 p.m. EDT|Published May 26, 2022 at 5:29 p.m. EDT
Police officers near Robb Elementary School on May 25 in Uvalde, Tex. (Sergio Flores for The Washington Post)

Texas public safety officials on June 21 released a new, more detailed timeline of the devastating massacre of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., on May 24. It is the most complete accounting to date of what happened during the shooting.

Police waited well over an hour before entering a fourth-grade classroom to confront the shooter, Salvador Ramos, who was armed with an AR-15 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The lengthy delay is being investigated by Texas state police and is the focus of a review by the U.S. Department of Justice and hearings in the state legislature.