described frantic people running for cover, amid the gunfire. the shooter was a young man, and one of the people that he tragically shot was a 39 year old woman, she died as a result of those injuries, and that is what happened just this past sunday in taft, oklahoma, where a mass shooter started firing during a memorial day festival. seven people were injured, one woman lost her life. in chattanooga tennessee, it was six people. six people were shot in another mass shooting that took place on saturday. all of them were children. one of them was just 13 years old. now, it was reported over the weekend that four of those children were expected to survive, two of them sustained life-threatening injuries, we did not know what condition those two children are as of today. in benton harbor michigan, six people injured, 19-year-old, one of them was a 19-year-old, he was killed when gunfire erupted at a liquor store. now, in philadelphia, a 16-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman w
struggling with. as the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, exactly one week after a teenage gunman took 21 lives at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the very first funerals are getting underway. the murder victims are being laid to rest, the investigation into the shooting, and the police response at the school is only intensifying. there are reports that uvalde police are no longer cooperating with texas authorities. nbc news reporting the school district police chief initially did cooperate. but has yet to respond to requests for follow-up questions made today s. ago texas officials say the chief prevented officers from confronting the shooter, for more than an hour. today, that very same chief was sworn in as a member of the city council. the justice department opening up its own inquiry into the police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to fi
all of them were children. one of them was just 13 years old. now, it was reported over the weekend that four of those children were expected to survive, two of them sustained life-threatening injuries, we did not know what condition those two children are as of today. in benton harbor michigan, six people injured, 19-year-old, one of them was a 19-year-old, he was killed when gunfire erupted at a liquor store. now, in philadelphia, a 16 -year-old girl and a 21 -year-old woman were killed, and two others were injured in another mass shooting. in all, there were 16 mass shootings over the memorial day weekend. 16. that is according to the gun violence archive, it s a nonprofit research group which chronicles mass shootings in which four or more people are injured in this country. now, this deadly weekend in america, it follows the horrific killing of 19 school children, and two teachers at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. which took place just one week ago today. that tr
baltimore police commissioner. nice to have you with us. i know you have been following this from the very beginning. i want to start with d.o.j. said. quote, the goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare and to respond to active shooter events. we ve seen these types of reviews before in pulse, in san bernardino. where do they ultimately lead, though? they re going back and they re looking at the incident from beginning to end. but ultimately, we ve learned our lessons at columbine. we ve learned that you don t have time to waste, that you ve got to get in there. so with this investigation, i really don t know what will be gained. i feel that this is more of an effort to play hot potato with failure and stall. we know that there are answers that the public, these poor parents, everyone deserves right now. so the federal governm
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. for the first time we are hearing what appears to be dispatch audio about a child trapped in the room with the uvalde shooter during the attack. now, cnn has not been able to confirm this recording first reported by abc news. you have a child on the line. the child is in the room full of victims. it is unclear what time that audio came in, but the texas public safety director says there were at least eight 911 calls from two callers coming from inside robb elementary. we now know at least 19 officers were just on the other side of the door of the classroom where a student was calling from. a texas public safety official reported the first call from a child came in at 12:03 p.m. not until 12:50, 47 minutes later did officers break in and kill the gunman. the justice department is going to investigate the local law enforcement response. a local official believes o