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‘It’s About The Parents Of Those Children, Forget About Me’: DPS Chief Breaks Down When Reporter Asks How He’s Doing

Virginia Kruta
‘It’s About The Parents Of Those Children, Forget About Me’: DPS Chief Breaks Down When Reporter Asks How He’s Doing
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Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw appeared to be choking back tears when, in the middle of a contentious press briefing, someone paused to ask him how he was doing.

McCraw presented the timeline of events that took place on Tuesday, when a gunman entered through a door that someone had left propped open at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. He then barricaded himself in a classroom — where he killed 19 students and two teachers — before law enforcement was able to take him down.

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