Sitting face to face with some of the parents and relatives of the Uvalde elementary school students gunned down, the Texas DPS Director insisted he won't resign despite their repeated demands.
McCraw previously told CNN he would step down if his agency had any culpability.
Brett Cross, whose son died in the massacre, didn't mince his words."Your officers were there within ten minutes, correct? Are they not representatives of your department? Therefore, they failed. Therefore, DPS failed. Therefore, there was culpability."Cross responded,"Then resign."Law enforcement officers have been widely criticized for waiting more than one hour to go after the gunman, even though they arrived within minutes of the gunman entering the school.
One family member who spoke, Manuel Rizo, asked McCraw and the Public Safety Commission why the state isn't restricting the sale of A-R style weapons, the same kind the gunman used."I think if we don't do anything about it, it will happen again. Why? Because it's happened before."McCraw said Thursday other troopers at the school are having their actions reviewed.
McCraw said DPS will submit its findings to the Uvalde County District Attorney by the end of the year.There are four state legislative committees looking into Uvalde as well.
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