elementary school. she saw her teacher killed. for the first time we learn what the killer said before he fired his gun in that classroom. we hear new details about what he did, this witness says he played music during the massacre. and we learn what this brave 11-year-old did to stay alive while it was all happening. all of this at the top of the next hour. in the meantime, the police response to the tragedy that took place here is facing intense scrutiny and there are new questions about the timeline. this is what we know. the 18-year-old gunman was not not confronted by law enforcement before he entered the building. this contradicts what we were told repeatedly by law enforcement. officers at the scene we are told were calling for backup as shots were being fired inside the school. a source close to a teacher who was inside says the school was not on lockdown before the shooter entered, even though he fired shots at two people near the school 12 minutes earlier. fra
a-plus. still got it. (whistle blows) your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. top of the hour on cnn newsroom, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. there was a gut wrenching admission from texas officials about the police response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde. in the benefit of hindsight, where i m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. there s no excuse for that, again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry, as soon as you can. when there s an active shooter, the rules change. it s no longer, okay, it s no longer a barricade, we don t have time. and by the way, texas embraces active shooter training, active shooter certification, and that doctrine requires officers, we don t care what agency you re from, you don t have to have a leader on the scene. every officer lines up, stacks up
basically almost some of them basically almost all of them. reporter: jayden s pain not physical, but emotionally paralyzing. because after what happened, no. reporter: do you ever want to go back to school? i don t want to, no, because i don t want anything to do with another shooting and me in the school. reporter: you re scared it might happen again? uh-huh. and i know it might happen again probably. reporter: jayden s mom crystal shared these pictures taken about 90 minutes before the shooting. she s with her son at the school celebrating jayden s honor roll achievement. his mom said waiting, not knowing, was tough. what did you tell your mom when you finally saw her? i left my water bottle at
not physical, but emotionally paralyzing. after what happened. reporter: do you ever want to go back to school? i don t want to, no, because i don t want anything to do with another shooting. and me in the school. reporter: you scared it might happen again? mm-hmm. and i know it might happen again probably. reporter: jayden s mom crystal took these pictures about 90 minutes before the shooting. she s with her son at school, celebrating jayden s honor roll achievement. he said mom said waiting, not knowing, was tough. what did you tell your mom when you finally saw her? i left my water bottle at school. reporter: your water bottle. did you ughhug her. mm-hmm. she hugged me first. reporter: was she so happy to