Police chief says Uvalde police responded 'within minutes' to Texas school shooting but doesn't address accusations that cops refused to enter the building

• The Uvalde Chief of Police said police responded "within minutes" to the Robb Elementary School shooting.
• But he didn't address whether those officers actually entered the building to engage the shooter.

The Uvalde Police Chief said in a statement shared Thursday that officers responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary School "within minutes," but did not address whether those officers actually went inside the school building.

The department is facing backlash after parents alleged that police officers at the school wouldn't go inside to stop the shooter.

"It is important for our community to know that our officers responded within minutes alongside Uvalde CISD officers," Chief of Police Daniel Rodriguez said in the statement.

Rodriguez said that two UPD officers that responded to the scene were shot by the suspect. Neither is facing life-threatening injuries.

It is also not clear when the pair of officers was shot, and whether the gunman had already breached the building at the time.

"I understand questions are surfacing regarding the details of what occurred," Rodriguez said in the statement. "Rest assured that with the completion of the full investigation I will be able to answer all the questions that we can."

The Uvalde police chief also said in the statement that "answers will not come fast enough."

The Texas Department of Public Safety director on Wednesday said roughly "40 minutes" to "an hour" passed between the time the shooter arrived at the school and when a US Border Patrol agent killed him.

In that time, the gunman shot and killed 19 students and two teachers. An additional 17 people were injured in the attack.

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