SHOCK SUSPENSION
Uvalde school district suspends entire police force after fallout from shooting massacre which left 21 dead
THE Uvalde school district has suspended its entire campus police force after the fallout of May's shooting massacre, which left 21 dead.
The shocking suspension was announced on Friday following the botched police response that led to the death of 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary on May 24.
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“The District has made the decision to suspend all activities of the Uvalde CISD Police Department for a period of time," the statement from the district said.
"Officers currently employed will fill other roles in the district. The District has requested the Texas Department of Public Safety to provide additional troopers for campus and extra-curricular activities.
"We are confident that staff and student safety will not be compromised during this transition."
The district said the actions were taken due to "recent developments".
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The statement also revealed that Lt Miguel Hernandez and Ken Muller have been placed on administrative leave.
Muller, on the other hand, has decided to retire, the statement added.
Meanwhile, newly appointed Uvalde school officer Crimson Elizondo was terminated from her position after a CNN report revealed she was one of the officers under investigation for her actions during the school massacre.
Elizondo was one of the state troopers who arrived at Robb Elementary two minutes after gunman Salvador Ramos entered the building.
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Elizondo and 376 total law enforcement personnel responded to the scene and waited 77 minutes to breach the classroom where Ramos was barricaded in.
SCHOOL MASSACRE
The 19 children slaughtered on May 24 were identified by loved ones as Amerie Jo Garza, Xavier Lopez, Uziyah Garcia, Makenna Lee Elrod, Ellie Garcia, Eliahana 'Elijah Cruz' Torres, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, Tess Marie Mata, Lexi Rubio, Nevaeh Bravo, Rojelio Torres, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Miranda Mathis, Jose Flores, Maite Yuleana, Jackie Cazares, Alexandria Aniyah Rubio and Alithia Ramirez.
The children were all aged between nine and 11.
Fourth-grade teachers Irma Garcia, 48, and Eva Mireles, 44, died protecting their students from Ramos' wrath.
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The shooting became the worst elementary school massacre since Sandy Hook in 2012.
It surpassed the number of dead in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, which left 17 teens dead and 17 others injured on Valentine's Day in 2018.
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