was holed up frantically called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. have a listen. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? you know the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were no children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. parents of the victims obviously outraged at these missteps with one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and others might have survived if authorities had actually acted more quickly. and we now know the names and the faces of all 21 lives cut short with funerals set to begin next week. the texas governor says police have a lot to answer for. cnn s ed lavandera picks up the story from here. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: explosive reaction from the texas governor to new information about law enforcement s response on the day of the uvalde shooti
crimes against humanity. cnn is at the scene of one of his alleged warcrimes. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, it was the wrong decision. that admission from the texas department of public safety who said today, the officers on the scene made major mistakes in their response to the mass shooting at rob elementary school, waiting more than an hour to enter the classroom where 18-year-old gunman was holed up with children and two teachers, some who had already been murdered, others injures, others playing dead. some desperately calling 911 for help. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, you know, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and there was time and children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. we now know there were 19 officers waiting in the hallway just feet from the classroom. they stood by as these y
i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: explosive reaction from the texas governor to new information about law enforcement s response on the day of the uvalde shootings. the information i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate, and i m absolutely livid about that. and it is imperative that the leaders of the investigations about exactly what happened get down to the very seconds of exactly what happened with 100% accuracy. reporter: the governor s press conference coming after the texas department of public safety said police were wrong in waiting to go in and eliminate an active shooter. after he started killing students and teachers. it was a wrong decision, very. there s no excuse for that. texas embraces active shooter training, active shooter certification. every officer lines up, stacks up, goes where those rounds are being fired at and keeps
praised the response noting it saved lives. all of this as new photos from the scene reveal the harrowing escape from rob elementary. children, jumping from windows, running for their lives. on their faces, you can see the fear. cnn s ed lavandera outfront tonight live in uvalde texas, ed, what is the latest there tonight? hi, erica. well it is really stunning to grasp the magnitude of just how fundamentally the details of what happened at this school is changed from one day to the next and this is something that is incredibly painful, frustrating and demoralizing for the residents of this city. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: explosive reaction from the texas governor to new information about law enforcement s response on the day of the uvalde shootings. the information they was given turned out, in part, to be