TOPSHOT – Gabriella Uriegas, a soccer teammate of Tess Mata who died in the shooting, cries while holding her mother Geneva Uriegas as they visit a makeshift memorial outside the Uvalde County Courthouse in Texas on May 26, 2022. – Texas police faced angry questions May 26, 2022 over why it took an hour to neutralize the gunman who murdered 19 small children and two teachers in Uvalde, as video emerged of desperate parents begging officers to storm the school.

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