Originally Posted by
Subby
If it's true, similar situations have happened before and I recall seeing a decent explanation about it somewhere. I believe it has to do with the responding officers department's orders. Basically the trade off of securing the area and isolating while waiting for backup, as opposed to going in immediately against an unknown number of gunmen who also may then escape. Different counties and departments have different rules but I only vaguely remember what I read so take it with a grain of salt.
I don't believe he was actually in there shooting kids for 40-60 minutes, that smells like fake news.
Reading the linked AP article (and assuming it's accurate) it makes these points:
"After entering the school, Ramos charged into one classroom and began to kill.
He “barricaded himself by locking the door and just started shooting children and teachers that were inside that classroom,” Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Department of Public Safety told CNN. “It just shows you the complete evil of the shooter.”
All those killed were in the same classroom, he said"
So he wasn't moving through the school, he was in a room with an unknown number of hostages. That's probably why they waited.