not engage the shooter, earlier. have a listen. why was this decision made, to not go in, and rescue these children? the on scene commander, considered a barricaded subject, there is time, and no more children at risk. of course, it was not the right decision, it was the wrong one, period. parents of the victims, outraged, understandably, at these missteps. with one father, telling cnn, he wonders if his daughter, and others, may have survived if authorities acted more quickly. we now know the names, and faces, of all 21 live shot to cut short, with funerals begun next week. this is going in and lavandera picking up the story. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. explosive reaction from the texas governor, to new reactions from law enforcement response in the days of the evolving shootings. the information i was given turned out, in part, to be inaccurate. i am, absolutely, livid about that. it is imperative that they re trying to happen, and is getting d
hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i m john vause, and this is cnn newsroom. texas officials are facing a growing number of questions as well as increasing criticism of law enforcement s response to the mass shooting at robb elementary. for two days now, the official count has been inconsistent, contradictory, and outright confusing at times with some major changes to some important details. did police exchange gunfire with the shooter as he entered the school? on tuesday and wednesday, the answer was yes. by thursday, no. the shooter was never confronted by a school resource officer or anyone for that matter. it just never happened. authorities say it took up to an hour before the gunman was killed, and during that time, police were calling for backup and evacuating students and teachers from other parts of the school, negotiating with the suspect himself, pinning him down in a classroo
vigils are underway in uvalde, texas for the 19 children and 2 teachers gunned down inside robb elementary school by an 18-year-old high school drop-out. memorials outside the school from the community not far from the border with mexico. a friend of the gunman says he had a history of fighting as we see here in video obtained by cnn. texas authorities report he had no criminal record, no history of mental illness. more now on the investigation from cnn s ed. i m going to shoot an elementary school. that was one of the chilling text messages the uvalde gunman sent to a 15-year-old girl in germany at 11:21 central time in texas just 15 minutes before the shooting at robb elementary school. evil swept across uvalde yesterday. the 18-year-old gunman drove to the elementary school where he would kill 19 children and the faculty members 2 days before they were heading out for school break. the gunman wrote messages that foreshadowed the carnage he was about to inflict.
debilityable. laura: texas lieutenant governor dan patrick was grabbing the microphone to speak at the same time beto o rourke went on an unhinged rant. dan patrick will join us in moments. but first we go straight to uvalde texas where lieutenant chris with the department of public safety is standing by. lieutenant, there s one witness i know that you desperately want to speak with and that s the gunman s grandmother who he shot in the face. it was a dispute, apparently, over wifi. she was on the phone with a cell phone provider complaining about wifi. what is her medical status after being shot in the face, and how important is she to this equation? right. so good evening, laura. so she is a key component to this investigation. right now she is critical. our prayers are with her as well as the entire community here in uvalde is also with the victims and the families. but we are hoping that she pulls through because she will be a key witness to this investigation because
the department of public safety that he drives into a ditch. this is after the shooting where the grandmother is shot. sometime after that he s in this incident where the car ends up in a ditch, and then somehow manages to get past the shootout with law enforcement there to get into the school and kills these 19 kids. so that s what we know at this point. we don t know very much about the motivation. we know from law enforcement that that is focus right now, talking to people who are in touch with him on some of the social media. we heard now from some people who were in touch with him who talked about him being a quiet person, a loner, so to speak, and he was able to purchase these firearms legally. that s now the focus of federal law enforcement to try to support the work there of the local authorities that are doing this investigation. we re learning about the shooter. according to a classmate, he had been bullied, that he worked at a local fast food place. what else are