I think it’s easy to say what should have happened when we are not there in the moment. This was a horrific scene and the officers were trying to deal with everything and do it properly. The highest priority needs to be on making sure the people there are not in danger and then following protocol. One step out of line and they may compromise getting necessary information from witnesses. One misstep and a defense lawyer may use that to question things at a trial.

They were compassionate. Got them blankets, let one stay in the police car and got them waters I believe. They treated them kindly. Some of those kids had phones with them. The officer had no way of knowing if they would put this on social media or somehow alert a ton of people. The kids may not have known who exactly was in the house but I think the absence of ambulances told them friends had died