happened. he fired at people across the street and as he approached the school as he approached the unlocked wack door. carley: he walked in 11:40 a.m. and made his way toward the classroom and carried out his attack. four minutes later, officers arrived on the scene and were met with gunfire inside the school. they took cover to wait for backup and evacuate other rooms. an hour later a special unit entered by force and shot the suspect dead. ashley strohmier has more. ashley. ashley: a texas department of public safety rep said on tuesday the school resource officer had engaged with the shooter before he went into the school. that statement contradiktss what we heard in a news conference yesterday. it was reported a school district police officer confronted the suspect as he was making entry. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed. ashley: we are told there was no officer on site at the time of the shooting. officers didn t immediately go in because of gunfire and
gunman walked into robb elementary unobstructed and in the building for approximately an hour. katie: it started 11:28 a.m. when he crashed his car and shot at onlookers across the street. 11:40 he entered the campus. 40 minutes later they entered confronted backed up. an hour later border patrol entered shot dead. brian: wow, is that different than what we heard yesterday. one girl spread blood on herself and went to survival mode friend of hers who had been shot. one student protecting her students is dead. emma s husband suffered heart attack after placing flowers. family members say he died of a broken heart. today texas governor greg abbott is set to hold a press conference and president biden is going to visit on sunday with the first lady. pete: man, you know, you always struggle with the initial reports not knowing what is. brian: this is oso dramatically different. pete pete so dramatically different. shootout with a school resource officers. multiple officer
inside. matt gutman in texas tonight. meantime, the memorial growing for the 19 school children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washington from the heartbreaking scene, now directed by republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to now meet with democrats for a possible bipartisan solution. so, tonight here, is there actual movement with the vast majority of americans wanting something done? rachel scott live on the hill. the other news this thursday night, as millions now prepare to travel for the weekend ahead, the severe
death of ray liotta, best known for his iconic role in goodfellas. the tributes pouring in tonight announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. good evening from uvalde where the memorial behind me is growing tonight and so are the questions. questions and anger over the response by law enforcement after a gunman walked in a school, locked himself inside a classroom, and carried out the unthinkable. today police confirm that the school door appears to have been unlocked, that there was no school safety officer present, and that it took a full hour for law enforcement tactical teams to arrive at the classroom to end the siege. parents and relatives like 10-year-old jackie cazares uncle outraged at the response he told me jackie s father tried to go into the school himself. there s all this police presence, but then he s saying, let me in, let me in he said there s 20 of them standing there. reporter: today was supposed
thousands stage walkouts to call for more gun control. protecting america s schools: what s being done nationwide to keep our children safe? fighting the rise of gunld arogn atlanta be the key to and instead, walking away from a fight?opstng remembering ray liotta.r the legendary goodfellas actor dies at 67. and finally, the community here in uvalde, texas, planning to celebrate graduation, instead planning funerals. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. dokoupil: good evening and thank you for joining us. i m tony dokoupil, in for norah, who is recovering from covid. and tonight we are here in uvalde, texas once again, where a community s grief is turning to anger and frustration because pof new questions about the official timeline of tuesday s school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. a spokesperson for the texas department of public safety said the gunman walked into the school through an unlocked si