classroom, barricade himself inside that classroom and that s when just he started shooting children and the teachers that we talked about, two teachers were killed inside that classroom. is it a 911 call or what is the call? they received the call was it a 911 call? it was a call, called into the police department regarding a crashed vehicle. a 911 call? a 911 call. they received that call. that was the initial call. that s when law enforcement responded to the scene. was there a chase? were they chasing him? no. there was reports of that, that s not confirmed. there was no chase involved whatsoever. the initial call as i mentioned was that the vehicle crashed near the school, and that there was an individual armed with a weapon going inside skthe schoo. there was no chase with law enforcement. is it your belief he was driving to the school, the school was a target? we re trying to determine that, we re working with fbi to look back and see if there
18-year-old gunman opened fire on second, third and fourth graders at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the gunman shot his grandmother before carrying out the attack at the school, she is now fighting for her life in a hospital. authorities say the suspect is dead. killed by police. we know he was wearing a tactical vest, does not appear, though, that there were panels in that vest. and responding officers faced fire from the suspect as they tried to stop the killing in the school. at least one border patrol agent, they were called in to help, was wounded. while it remains unclear exactly what weapons the killer used, these photos showing two ar-15 style rifles posted to an instagram account linked to the gunman, one of the social media bios read, quote, kids be scared. the unimaginable wait for families fearing the worst overnight. some of them telling cnn authorities had asked them for dna samples to help identify the dead. in an emotional speech, president bi
the suspect is dead, killed by law enforcement. we find it painful, trust me, to read these headlines as much as you must find it painful to hear them, but here are the facts as we know them. we learned officers responding to the scene faced gunfire from the suspects. several of those first responders were wounded. we know he was wearing a t tactical vest but did not have the bullet-proof or ballistic plates in it. it remains unclear what weapons the killer used but these show two ar-15 style rifles posted to an nam account linked to the gunman and one of the bios said, kids be scared. one of the first responders to this shooting. uvalde city council member chip king and the fire department said what the scene was like when he arrived and also, how long it took before that killer was neutralized. it was evidence that it was not a secure scene. there was a lot still going on here. it was a very chaotic scene initially. it was probably 30 minutes after we arrived, after i a
decade. officials have identified the 18-year-old shooter. he was killed by law enforcement here at the school. we want to begin our coverage with cnn s shimon prokupecz here with me. shimon, we learned a whole lot of new information a short time ago about this investigation and this timeline. give us the latest. yeah, so we learned that police were called after the grandmother of the gunman was shot, that he shot her and then police were called, this is according to the lieutenant with dps that spoke to us this morning and that he engaged the suspect here with the shooter and then went inside and as you said, he barricaded himself in one room, making it very difficult for law enforcement to get inside and then they had to call in for reinforcement and the tactical team and took some time. they got here but took some time to get inside the room. they were facing gunfire from the gunman, exchanging gunfire from the gunman. some of them took rounds. so there was a lot going o
desperation and anguish as families are dealing with enormous emotions. 19 children at least are dead and two adults as well. good morning. dana has time off. i m bill hemmer live in new york. julie, welcome back to our program. good morning. i m julie banderas and you re watching america s newsroom. this scene a horrific scene at the robb elementary school. about 80 miles west of san antonio, officials saying the shooter barricaded himself inside a classroom. officials say the victims were all in the same fourth grade room. the rampage ending we re told after a border patrol agent rushed into the school without waiting for backup and forced entry into that classroom that killed the attacker. the massacre entering the record books as the second most deadly school shooting in u.s. history following sandy hook 10 years ago. the new york post front page echoing that horrific day in newtown, connecticut. now the focus on the latest tragedy to grip america. the victims