uvalde is about 50 miles from the southern u.s. border. police believe the 18-year-old gunman salvador romas acted alone. he was shot dead by officers and that is the last time that you will hear his name this hour. officials say he had attended the high school there, uvalde high school. we know the fourth grade teacher eva morale less, her death confirmed by her aunt. and the suspect s grandmother, police believe he shot her before headed to the school. she is now hospitalized in critical condition. and the suspect crashed his truck in a ditch near the school before trying to enter the building. law enforcement confronted the suspect but he was able to get inside anywhere where officials say he entered several classrooms and started shooting. border patrol agents were among those who responded. at least one was wounded by gunfire from the shooter. just three days before the shooting, a photo of who ar-15 style rifles appeared on his instagram account, or at least an accoun
reporter: the police chief also adding that it was, in his own words, fundamentally problematic not to regulate the weaponry that was available in this kind of civilian environment. when you look behind me, it is really the ideal civilian environment. this is an extremely popular district in downtown dayton. it s extremely busy during the day. you can only imagine what it was like late saturday night with many bars and restaurants here. so what you re hearing from people here, they are concerned about the firepower that s available to him but even the police chief himself says it s just too much. polo, thanks so much. joining me right now because i have a lot of questions on what polo is talking about is david katz, law enforcement and firearms and homeland security expert and jonathan wacro, a law enforcement analyst. guys, thank you for being here. jonathan, i want to start where i started the hour, which is happening all throughout the hour, which is what has happened
apparently went undetected 15 minutes. we have both stories, so let s bring in cnn crime producer in new york. jessica schneider standing by in washington in another. and jonathan wacro, former secret service agent under president obama. jessica, let me begin with you, when i first read this number one to hop the fence at the white house, number two to be hiding for 15 minutes. how did that happen? brooke, it s amazing. the stunning detail coming out as to exact movements of that 26-year-old. we know he was on the ground for 15 minutes or so, his name jonathan tran. his movement stunning, he first climbed over a fence near the treasury building, crossed east executive avenue, then jumped an
you re face to face with police in riot gear, they are trying to maintain order, i can tell you it was chaotic just seconds ago. yeah. we were just talking to jonathan wacro former secret service who just gave us context on how syemat t highly trained officers we re watching are. they knew this was a possibility. they have been training for months if not years as he said and they march in a line and systemically push the protesters back in a confined space where they can control them better an we have seen some of that in action and seen them moved as brian todd reported to us. the riots are not unusual and not unplanned for, they are going to try to take larger groups of protesters and disperse them down the different