coroner, or medical examiner. the task of identifying the dead in tuesday s mass shooting, here, at robb elementary school, felt that to the justice of the peace. just to give you some context, before the shooting, the biggest number of casualties you ve seen one time was after a car accident, killing four. i spoke to justice diaz, earlier today. i spoke to him about walking into rob elementary school where he, himself, had once been a student, to identify those who had been killed. my sense of urgency was to get the examiner everything they needed to release these victims as quickly as they could. it was very hard wherever the weather is with. that is really would hurt me more. normally, when someone passes away, at somebody s bedside, you re with them you, watch them, you re with them, you can kiss them, you can hug them.
of the school to honor the 21 people, including 19 fourth graders, killed at robb elementary school in uvalde,, texas yesterday. hundreds of kids marched to the football field, where they formed the shape of a u with their bodies, u for uvalde. and the students at oxford know all too well the consequences of shootings, having suffered one. at whitefish bay high school, there was a walkout, protesting gun violence in schools across the country. students in woodland hills, california, shouted enough is enough, as they walked out. and students in rhode island did die in in front of the rhode island state house. they laid like that for three minutes. in missouri, students walked out to protest the lack of legislation to curb gun violence. one student said, with a sign, i want to feel safe, written in red paint. students walked out in spokane, washington, in falls church, virginia, in maplewood, new jersey. and thousands of students left their classrooms in the middle of the day to say that
this day. the haunting words, of course it was not the right decision, and there there were plenty to do what needed to be done. that, of course, was not done, and that is the grim news of the wrong decision, and do not forget, and you see it right there, it s awful consequences. 19 children killed at school. two of their teachers killed as well. a glaring law enforcement error. we ll continue to push for more answers. thank you for your time on this sad day. thank you for joining us. the wrong decision. just minutes ago, texas officials released stunning new details on tuesday s shooting rampage. at robb elementary school in uvalde. chief among them, 19 law enforcement officers stood in a hallway outside the rooms where 19 school children and two
vest. at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, there are many questions of security. today we learned an armed official did not engage the gunman. and an officer may not have been present. was there a school officer on campus? and was that school officer armed? that s what we ve been told? at this time, no. there was no officer readily available, armed. was there an officer? no. nothing i can t answer that get. okay. another question. why did almost an hour elapse before police were able to shoot and kill the gunman and could anything have been done sooner to prevent at least some of the carnage? what we do know is it was long enough for parents to arrive on scene pleading with police
reporter: tonight, at least 21 live have been cut short. according to the state senator who says he was briefed by texas rangers. and yet another school in america has become the scene of a mass shooting there are families who are in mourning right now in the state of texas mourning with them for the reality that these parents aren t going to be able to pick up their children reporter: this time it happened in south texas at robb elementary school for second through fourth graders in uvalde, about 80 miles west of san antonio. at least 13 people were injured according to a hospital official two medevaced to san antonio. a woman in her 60s and a 10-year-old girl both are in critical condition. we ll notify the parents and the families as soon as we have some news for them reporter: two police officers were struck by rounds but are expected to survive. it all started at 11:32 this morning when the shooter abandoned his vehicle