An 11-year-old survived the mass shooting by covering herself in a classmate's blood and playing dead. Developing Details
Texas Department of Public Safety and other local law enforcement officials have scheduled a briefing for noon ET Friday to provide additional answers on their response to Tuesday’s Texas school massacre.
On Thursday, officials revealed that police were on the scene for nearly an hour before gaining entry into a classroom where the gunman barricaded himself. Escalon also could not answer if a school resource officer on the scene was armed when first encountering the gunman. Escalon gave a timeline of events on Thursday, some of which ran counter to previous law enforcement reports:
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