but, supposedly the victims are here. i m not 100 percent. around the same time, on another camera, we hear uvalde chief police pete arredondo s inside attempting to negotiate with the shooter. sir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down sir. we don t want anybody else hurt. i know, i know. back in the hallway, officer mendoza preparing his mid pack. it would still be about 25 minutes of confusion and hesitation until the door was breached. there s just one guy on the radio deciding who s calling the shots? the body cam footage made public and before we could see a hail of gunfire. and finally, at 12:50, local time, 77 minutes after the shooting began, law enforcement go in and kill the gunman. and, don, as we ve been talking about the last two days, this video is really giving us that inside information of the decision-making at some of the officers were making.
camera, we hear uvalde school district police chief pete arredondo is inside attempting to negotiate with the shooter. sir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down, sir. we don t want anyone else hurt. i know, i know. back in the hallway, officer mendoza repairing his mid pack. it would still be about 25 minutes of confucian and hesitation, until the door was breached. are you guys inside? one guy on the, radio decided, who s gonna, be called a shot. body cam footage made public before we can see a hail of gunfire. at 12:50, local time, 77 minutes after the shooting began, law enforcement go in and kill the gunman. i mean, this is the first time seeing this. this is just stunning. you hear that officer early on, i mean, he knows what everybody should be doing. he says it, we have to get in there. he knows, we gotta get in there. i mean, that is what everybody is trained and has been changed
moment, shockingly, a moment perhaps as long as 40 minutes after the initial shooting when officers learned that there were kids inside the classroom. reporter: these are the first few moments from newly released body camera footage of the uvalde massacre. shots fired in the building. are we staying here? what are we doing? reporter: it is a first-hand look into a stunning series of law enforcement failures. okay. uvalde, they re saying that he is possibly in the building on the oh [ bleep ] shots fired. get inside! go, go, go! [ sound of gunfire ] am i bleeding? am i bleeding? he s in the class. i got shots fired. they re going to be in the building, the west side.
hesitation until the door was breached. one guy on the radio, decide who s going to be call the shots. reporter: the body cam footage made public ends before we can see a hail of gunfire, when finally at 12:50 local time, 77 minutes after the shooting began, law enforcement go in and kill the gunman. i mean, this is the first i m seeing this. this is just stunning. you hear that officer early on i mean, he knows what everybody should be doing. he says it, we ve got to get in there. he knows we ve got to get in there. i mean, that is what everybody is trained and has been trained now for decades on, that you ve got to get in there. it s extraordinary to see this. and you can tell a lot of those officers knew what they wanted to do, but it i mean, the lack of anyone is there any sign on any of these tapes about
reporter: in the hallway, officer mendoza, preparing his medpac. it would still be 25 minutes of confusion and hesitation until the door was breached. just one guy on the radio, call the shots. reporter: the body cam footage made public ends before we can see the hail of gunfire when finally, at 12:50 local time, 77 minutes after the shooting began, law enforcement go in and kill the gunmen. as we ve been talking about the last two days, this video giving us the inside information of the decision- making that some of the officers were making, but also highlighting how there was no command, no leader, no one who was making decisions. you could see that in that one officer, officer mendoza, as he s trying to figure out what he should do, hearing that there are kids in the class from the 911 call, and everyone is reaction to that, a