A Uvalde police officer criticized over video of him checking his phone during the massacre at Robb Elementary School is the husband of a teacher who was killed in the classroom and had contacted him after after being shot, according to a Texas lawmaker investigating the shooting.
Roughly 80 minutes of surveillance video published this week by the Austin American-Statesman showed Ruiz as one of the first officers to arrive in the hallway after the shooting began. He checks his phone moments before officers closer to the classroom run back down the hallway after shots are fired.
"I'd not planned to speak publicly until the report was released, but I couldn't say nothing seeing this man, who has lost everything, maligned as if he was indifferent or actively malicious. Context matters," Moody tweeted. Authorities have previously said that body camera footage later showed Ruiz at 11:48 a.m. entering the building through the west door and telling officers,"She is shot."
It was his own wife who was one of those teachers in the classrooms!
And Yet he just stood there watching 😠😠🤬
As Paul Harvey used to say “and now, the rest of the story.” Sometimes when we judge quickly we can be wrong.
HEARTBREAK
Ain’t no way in hell am I going to just stand there and look at my phone when in fact your wife texted you saying she was shot.. coward if you ask me… don’t give a damn who’s orders I’m waiting on. That’s no excuse. That is on him.
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