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geo news today: Lawmaker Officer in Uvalde video husband of slain teacher |
geo news today, The Uvalde police officer criticized for a video of himself checking his phone during the massacre at Robb Elementary School is the husband of a teacher who was killed in a classroom and contacted him after he was shot, according to a Texas lawmaker investigating the shooting.
geo news, Texas Republican Joe Moody has come to the defense of Ruben Ruiz after the officer was singled out by some social media users as an example of shocking inaction by law enforcement during the May 24 attack. He checks his phone for a moment before the officers closer to the classroom run back down the hall after the shots are fired.
geo news urdu, Moody said on Twitter Wednesday that the officer was the husband of Eva Mireles, one of two teachers killed along with 19 children in their fourth-grade classroom. I didn't plan to speak publicly until the news was out, but I couldn't say anything when I saw this man who had lost everything, slandered as if he was uncaring or actively malicious. Context matters,” Moody tweeted.
geo news lives, Video from the hallway shows Ruiz quickly glancing at his phone while holding onto the end of the hallway around 11:36 a.m. Three minutes earlier, the shooter is seen walking down the hall and entering a classroom. Authorities previously said body camera footage later showed Ruiz entering the building through the west door at 11:48 a.m. and telling officers, "She's shot."McCraw called it a "tremendous failure" that police ended up waiting more than an hour before confronting the shooter.
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