Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said that as a result of being “misled” by local authorities, he gave the public inaccurate information about the massacre of school children at Robb Elementary School.
“I was misled. I am livid about what happened,” Abbott said at a press conference in Uvalde on Friday, after two days of conflicting reports that have generated confusion about the events.
The governor said that at a press conference a few days prior, he gave the public a “recitation of what” law enforcement and other officials told him about the shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, and at least 17 others injured, on May 24…
At a press conference on May 26 at Robb Elementary, an official from the Texas Department of Public Safety, South Texas regional director Victor Escalon, said that the shooter appeared to have walked unobstructed into a school building before the attack. Read more…
