Sandra Torres lost her daughter Eliahna Torres on May 24, 2022, when a gunman entered the girl's classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and opened fire. Eliahna died alongside 18 children and two teachers.
On November 29, 2022, Sandra Torres filed a lawsuit against the Uvalde Police, the company that made the gun used in the shooting, the city of Uvalde, and the school district.
The federal lawsuit states that the police are to be faulted as the shooter "remained in the connected classrooms for a total of 77 minutes from the beginning of his murderous rampage to the end, before the police entered."
It continues, "For more than an hour, hundreds of police officers from dozens of agencies stood idly by in the hallway as children in the classroom bled, died, called 911 for help, and hid under tables in fear."
The suit also accused law enforcement of failing to follow active shooter protocol and notes, "Even though the first responders entered the school building three minutes after [the shooter], local, state and federal officers waited 74 additional minutes before entering the classroom and killing [the shooter]."
The suit continues, "Their reckless disregard for the safety and well-being of the children and adults in the school – without doubt one of the most tragic failures of law enforcement in U.S. history – meant that [the shooter] continued killing and Eliahna and her classmates lay dying and suffering for an unconscionably long period of time, without access to emergency medical and rescue services that might have saved their lives and without the possibility of being comforted by their families, who were so close."
There is more about the lawsuit in the video below.
