why officers failed to enter the school while the attacker was still firing. those shots audible from the outside. here s what we do know at 11:8 a.m. central time, the suspect crashed into a ditch near the school. there is a picture there. he exited the vehicle and fired at two witnesses across the street. at 11:40 a.m., he entered through the west side of the building. there is the video there. two minutes later a teacher sent a text message saying there was an active shooter at the school. it was not until 11:43 that school officials announced they were under lockdown, one minute later, officers entered the school, were shot and and retreated as they called for further forces to join them. it was not until 12 n. 44, one hower later, a tactical team of border patrol uvalde police department made entry and finally shot the suspect. there are several questions, hard questions. understandable ones that have yet to be answered. this morning, inside the classroom with these chil
even though he was firing shots outside for some 12 minutes, there are so many unanswered questions. here is what we do know. 11:28 a.m. central time the suspect crashed his truck into a ditch near the school. he exited the vehicle, fired at two witnesses across the street. at 11:40 a.m. the gunman entered the school through an unlocked door on the west side of the building. four minutes later, officers entered the school, received gunfire then retreated from the building as they called for backup. it was not until an hour later, full hour, 12:44 p.m. local time that a tactical team made entry and killed the suspect. this morning we are learning more about just what was going on inside that classroom. mia got some blood and put it on herself to pretend she was dead. she had bullet fragments in her back. that poor little girl and so many stories just hike it. we ll have more on mia s story in a moment. let s begin though on the investigation. cnn crime and justice correspo
with gunshots going off. and the trauma this entire ordeal is leaving on such young children. their parents and a nation wishing to wipe away the pain. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start today with an absolutely devastating admission about the school shooting in uvalde, texas. for the benefit of hindsight, where i m sitting now, of course, it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. that statement coming from the thead of the texas departmet of safety. he said officers on the scene should have breached the classroom door immediately. he said the commander on scene decided no more children were at risk. and they allowed the shooter to stay inside the classroom for more than an hour, despite the fact that kids inside the room were calling 911 and begging for police to help. what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door to get inside that classroom? none at that
there are several questions, hard questions. understandable ones that have yet to be answered. this morning, inside the classroom with these children and their teachers were killed. i am joined by cnn producer, nora, you sat down with one of the survives, an 11-year-old little girl. she was inside the classroom as it all unfolded. remarkable details. harrowing details. what did she tell you? hey, jim. well, the 11-year-old 4th grader mia soros was in the class and they were watching lilo and stitch. because it was one of the last days of class and that was what they were doing. their teacher got word that there was a shooter in the building and she went out to lock the door. mia said the shooter was right there. he shot out the window in the door. she says it all happened so fast from there. the teacher backing into the
mia says the shooter was there and shot out the window in the door. she describes it all happening so fast from there, her teacher backing into the classroom and the gunman following. she says the shooter looked one of her teachers in the eye, said, good night and then shot her. then he opened fire shooting the other teacher and a lot of mia s friends and said bullets flew by her and fragments hit her shoulder and head. after shooting a lot of the students, he went through an adjoining door and heard screams and heard him shooting in that classroom. heard a lot of gunshots. after they stopped, though, she says he started playing music, sad music, i asked how would you describe it and she said, it just was sad like you want people to die. she was scared that the gunman would come back to kill her and her other few surviving friends