revelations. it has been like this from the start. as horrible as what happened, it could have been worse. the reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do. they showed amazing courage running toward gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save lives. that turned to out to be false. he later said he was misled. so did this. when the shooting began we had uvalde police officers arrive on scene along with the independent officers immediately breach. law enforcement was there. they did engage immediately. again, not true, as the body
rebutting that with families looking for nothing more but simple truth and transparency about what happened. now there s new reporting from shimon prokupecz. what have you learned? what can be described as another gut punch to these families, what we ve learned tonight is one of the enough live hired school police officers in uvalde for the school duct there is a former dps, department of public safety state trooper, who was one of the first officers on scene at the shooting and who the department of public safety has been investigating for her actions on the day of the shooting. in a community reeling from one of the worst school shootings in history still begging for answers and accountability. cnn has learned that one of the texas state troopers under investigation for her actions at
robb elementary has a new job as a newly hired school police officer at uvalde elementary, trusted with protecting some of the same students who survived the massacre. parents of children killed at robb were the fuirst to notice the officer on campus, recognizing her from body camera footage of the shooting. she s a four-year veteran of the texas department of public safety was one of the first law enforcement officers on scene on may 24th. she resigned from the dps over the summer and was hired by the uvalde school district soon after. i actually have some questions for you. i m not answering any questions. reporter: on the playground outside her post, she can be seen here in the dark blue uniform. officer, i m doing a story about you and your time at dps. i d like to ask you some questions, if possible.
by running toward gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save lives. i was the texas governor, turned out to be falsely said that he was misled. so did this. the shooting began, we had uvalde police officers arrived on scene along with the consolidated independent school officers. immediately breached. long forsman was there. they did engage immediately. again, not true. as the body and security cameras clearly show that nobody immediately breached the classroom. nobody engaged the shooter. was there for 77 minutes before he was killed. and during that time dozens of please coming and going. hundreds outside of the school and not one of them are routinely and had been trained for years. in these situations to.
department requirements as the reason for the referral. despite early efforts by state officials to blame the local police department in uvalde for the failed response, a timeline from body camera shows elizondo arrived on scene just two minutes after the shooting began. this new information now indicates she was among several dps officers on scene who potentially could have taken action to stop the gunman. subject with an era. footage shows her without a tactical bulletproof vest or long rifle. at a step with active shooter training. she spends most of the 77 minutes before the classroom was breached outside of the school. and according to sources familiar with the investigation told investigators that without her gear she was not comfortable joining the others inside. out of nearly 400 law