oh, no. provide 401. reporter: almost 15 minutes later, as additional law enforcement arrives, we then hear the officers asking about the kids. any of the kids or anyone hit? no, we don t know anything about that. no kids are reporter: officer mendoza is left wondering what s going on. are we just waiting for more or what s going on? reporter: 45 minutes after the first officers arrived on scene, a critical piece of the puzzle from the camera of officer mendoza. we do have a child on the line. what is that? he is in a room full of victims. room 12. reporter: 911 dispatch gives a chilling account from a student still in the classroom. this was the second call the same child made to 911. the first call was apparently not relayed to these officers. i need some air.
scrutiny, a dps regional director admitted it. but that was a minor detail compared with what would become the defining falsehood of the entire tragedy, a falsehood the governor of texas assured people was fact. as horrible as 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. and it is a fact that because of their quick response getting on the scene, being able to respond to the gunman, and eliminate the gunman, they were able to save
based on hand gun rounds recovered at the scene, stepping a gunman with another gun is relatively rare. according to data from advanced law enforcement, rapid response training at texas state university, there have been at least 434 active shooter attacks between 2000 and 2021. of those, just 22 ended with an armed bystander shooting the attacker. of those 22, ten were either from security guards or off-duty officers. now, that good samaritan, elisjsha dicken, neither an off-duty officer or security guard, 22 years old from seymour, indiana, about an hour south of indianapolis, less than an hour from here. he fired ten shots during this. the gunman fired 24 shots, according to rounds recovered from the scene, but this gunman was armed, at the very least, with a rifle and pistol, with more than 100 rounds of ammunitions. the intent here seemed to be to do a lot more damage in the tragic loss of life that we saw. if you look at the data, it s incredibly rare for a bystander with a gun to
running towards gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save lives. and it is a fact that because of their quick response, getting on the scene, being able to respond to the gunman and eliminate the gunman, they were able to save lives. well, those are not facts. what he said is not true. now, there were already, even when he said, that there were already some obvious signs that something wasn t right. the timeline, and the police response just didn t make a lot of sense. or, it took too long. now, there is video from inside the school which explains why. it shows officers backing off after the gunman fired shot of. them the opposite of what their training called for. the opposite of what we were told, what parents were told that police did. now, other footage shows officers in hallways doing nothing, one officer, as you
armed bystander and being held as a hero. cnn s has the details. it s become an almost familiar scene of evacuation in america. we were in the food court, and we heard loud gunshots. as an indiana shopping mall quickly became among the latest settings for a mass shooting. today, the police chief announced the findings of their investigation, including the movements of the gunman. he walks directly to the food court rest one hour and two minutes later, he exits the restroom and shoots victor gomez outside of the restroom, he then points his rifle into the food court where pedro pineda and rosa mirian rivera de pineda were eating dinner, and shot both pedro pineda and rosa mirian rivera de pineda. according to police, the gunman shot and killed three people, sunday evening, using a rifle. victor gomez, rosa mirian rivera de pineda, and pedro pineda. police say he injured at least two others, including a 12 year old girl.