alive, children who are calling 911 saying please, send the police. they are alive. in that classroom. there are lives that are at risk. we re well aware of that. right. 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 no more children at risk. obviously obviously based upon the information we have that there were children in the classroom at risk and it was in fact still an active shooter situation and not a barricaded subject. the incident commander has been identifies as uvalde school district police chief pedro pete arondo, he made two brief statements to the press on the day of the shooting and has not spoken since. texas governor greg abbott said he s quote, livid, about being misled about the police response and the immediate aftermath.
heart wrenching details, specific momentus in the time line of this massacre, decisions by law enforcement that officials now acknowledge were mistakes including 80 minutes. that s how much time passed between the gunman entering the school and the time a tactical unit entered the class room where he was holed up. for an hour and 20 minutes, as many as 19 officers were in a hallway outside the classroom as terrified students called 911 pleading for police to come inside, and yet, officers waited to breach the room. officials admit that delayed response was a mistake as cnn s shimon prokupecz pushed for answers. listen to this. 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 that there was time and no more children at risk. of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong
law enforcement on the campus. the reality is how horrible it is what happened, it could have been worse. the reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do. they showed amazing courage by running toward gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save lives. it is a fact that because of their quick response getting on the scene, being able to respond to the gunmen and eliminate him, they were able to save lives. the on scene commander considered it a barricaded suspect would know more children at risk. obviously, based upon the information that we have, there
this weekend. he said his goal is to become the youngest person ever to scale yosemite s famous mountain. currheld by a 9-year-old. all right, signing out. hello, i am alicia acuna along with joey jones and tyrus joining us shortly. welcome to the big saturday show. we begin with fox news alert. details emerge in the uvalde texas school massacre after the texas department of safety director admitted the on scene commander at robb elementary
pretty quickly. they took fire. some were wounded. they reached the breach point. discussions missed the mark often from what we hear in the media saying it is not a hostage barricade. this is not determined by the police. it is determined by the killer. he barricaded himself in a room with people who were alive that he could kill at any moment. he was keeping the hostage at bay. it is wrapped in an active s shooter situation. the ferry here was, when he transition to the hostage back barricade, the on scene commander immediately has to assume, whether he got the 9-1-1 information or not, he has to immediately believe in the said that there are wounded people outdid that are injured. he does not have time to put care, audio reserve. he does not need the 9-1-1