Here's what experts say police should have done in the Uvalde school shooting
"It'd be great if you had some help — but I can assure you those kids need help more than you need help," says Steve Ijames, who trains police agencies on active-shooter situations.
In active shooter situations, police officers are trained to confront the shooter immediately — not to wait.
But in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde,, the gunman spent more than an hour inside the school before a tactical unit killed him, despite officers' earlier arrival. That has raised questions about the police response — and whether some of the might have been saved if officers had taken a different approach.
