commenting publicly, exclusively to cnn. he was called out as the commander responsible for the delayed response at robb elementary last tuesday. the tactical teams took more than 45 minutes to enter the classroom where a gunman had locked himself in that room with children he had just shot and students who were calling 911 pleading for help. so the texas department of public safety says arredondo has not responded to its request for a follow-up interview with the texas rangers who were investigating this shooting. but just last night away from public view, from any media coverage arredondo was privately sworn in and onto the uvalde city council as a councilman. cnn s shimon prokupecz is in uvalde with this. what did the chief tell you? reporter: he insists that he s cooperating, that he s calling the dps, the state investigators. they obviously say he hasn t been returning their calls, but the key question here, the key question over what his decision-making was, what
commenting publicly, exclusively to cnn. he was called out as the commander responsible for the delayed response at robb elementary last tuesday. the tactical teams took more than 45 minutes to enter the classroom where a gunman had locked himself in that room with children he had just shot and students who were calling 911 pleading for help. so the texas department of public safety says arredondo has not responded to its request for a follow-up interview with the texas rangers who were investigating this shooting. but just last night away from public view, from any media coverage arredondo was privately sworn in and onto the uvalde city council as a councilman. cnn s shimon prokupecz is in uvalde with this. what did the chief tell you? reporter: he insists that he s cooperating, that he s calling the dps, the state investigators. they obviously say he hasn t been returning their calls, but the key question here, the key question over what his
that may come. you chose this job in law enforcement for a reason. you re supposed to protect and serve a community, and you failed that community on that day with, you know, repercussions that will be felt for years by this family. still so many questions and the chief could answer a lot of them. jonathan wackrow, thank you. thank you. the uvalde superintendent put out a statement announcing that students and staff will no the be returning to robb elementary. the district is now working on plans to move them to other campuses. cnn s nick valencia is in uvalde. the community is still dealing with understandably so much trauma. how are people reacting now to more changing accounts from police about what happened? reporter: victor, they re sick to their stomachs. they come here to this memorial site with grief and anguish. we ve seen grown men brought to tears. we ve seen some of those school shooting survivors who come here not just as survivors but mourning the loss and grievin