INSIDER
- A Fox News contributor defended the police response to Tuesday's deadly mass shooting.
- Tom Homan, former acting director of ICE, said questions asked by reporters were "a little unfair."
- His remarks came after a Friday press conference from a Texas law enforcement official.
A Fox News contributor defended the police response to Tuesday's mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead, saying it's "a little unfair" how reporters are questioning authorities' shifting timelines.
"There's a lot of cops here that did a lot of the right things and overall saved a lot of lives," Tom Homan, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
said on air on Friday. "There's going to be lessons learned — I think there's going to be some mistakes that were made."
Homan continued: "Until the investigation is over, I think we're jumping to the gun." He said some of the questions that reporters are asking of law enforcement are "a little unfair."
Police have faced backlash over
allegations that officers did not go after the 18-year-old gunman quickly enough. Officials have also given
conflicting accounts about the timeline of the shooting.
Homan spoke on Fox News just before Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw revealed new details on the shooting's timeline at a press conference Friday.
McGraw said that
police did not confront the gunman, who was barricaded in a classroom, because an on-scene commander — Uvalde schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo — believed there was no longer a threat to children.
"Obviously, based upon the information we have, there were children in that classroom that were at risk, and it was, in fact, still an active shooter situation," McGraw admitted.
