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
just feet from the classroom. they stood by as these young students made repeated calls to 911 asking for help. identified herself, whispered she s in room 112. at 12:10 p.m. she called back, adviser, multiple dead. approximately 12:43 p.m. asked 911 to please send police now. on one call, the girl said she could actually hear police outside the door yet it took 78 minutes for police to finally confront the gunman. today, texas governor abbott said he was lead to about that initial police response. i was misled. i i am livid about what happened. that s a far cry from what we initially heard from abbott day after the shooting when he