gunman fired more shots and children inside the classroom he was holed up in called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. listen. 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 children at risk. of course it wasn t the wrright decision. it was wrong, period. one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and others might have survived if authorities had acted more quickly. i mean, how can you not think about that? we now know the names and faces of all 21 lives cut short. funerals sadly set to begin next week. the texas governor says miss have a lot to answer for. cnn s ed lavandera picks up the story. i was misled. i am livid by what happened. reporter: scexplosive reacti from the texas governor. the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely livid about
story. i was misled. i am livid by what happened. reporter: scexplosive reacti from the texas governor. the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i m absolutely livid about that. and it is imperative that the leaders of the investigations about exactly what happened get down to the very second of exactly what happened with 100% accuracy. reporter: the governor s press conference coming after the texas department of public safety said police were wrong in waiting to go in and eliminate an active shooter after he d started killing teachers and students. it was the absolute wrong decision. there s no excuse for that. texas embraces active shooter train, active shooter certification. every officer lives up, starcks