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Texas Police official says waiting for tactical team amid Uvalde shooting 'wrong decision'

'The decision was made that this was a barricaded subject situation, there was time to retreat the kids and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point,' McCraw said

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State troopers stand outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Pic/AFP

State troopers stand outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Pic/AFP

The decision, made by the incident commander not to enter the Uvalde school in the wake of the shooting and wait for the tactical team, was wrong, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said on Friday.

"The decision was made that this was a barricaded subject situation, there was time to retreat the kids and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point," McCraw said during a press conference.

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