universally accepted active shooter protocols. they allowed the gunman to remain in the classroom for more than 70 minutes. there were children still alive inside, one of whom repeatedly called 911 for help. there were wounded teachers fighting for their lives. tonight we take a close look at the false and at times misleading information initially provided by texas law enforcement and public officials to families and reporters about the police response. throughout this hour, we are being careful about what body camera and surveillance videos we show you there will be no images of violence or sounds of gunfire. we want to be respectful of all those grieving in uvalde. some of the videos, though are, difficult to watch given what we know is happening elsewhere offscreen. there is still a lot to learn, but it s worth mentioning had parents and families, reporters and others not demanded answers from law enforcement officials in the hours, in the days and months after this massac
communication in our drills to be able to communicate in classrooms administrators and key personnel use radios that allow us to communicate so these are all parts of those procedures. i d add to that in a lockdown procedure that even those doors that lead to the interior of campus are locked at that moment. so the intention is to not only lock students and staff inside of classrooms, but to lockout anyone that is attempting to enter the building that is unauthorized. based on the lockdown procedures, should there have been an announcement over the intercom that went through the entire building saying there is a threat, there is a shooter in the build something. again since i am not there, i hesitate to speculate on the procedures that are currently used by uvalde. i can share with you that on the campus that i am currently the principal of, that s precisely what we do. we use the p.a. system as the primary means to initiate a lockdown. when you were in there, last ques
the video shows frantic and frustrated parents demanding they be let into the school. police keeping the distraught family members behind a perimeter as the shooting unfolds inside. it s still unclear when in the whole event cycle this video was shot. sandra: texas officials have yet to deliver a clear timeline of what exactly happened and when. we do know the gunman got into that school through an unlocked entrance, responding officers were met by heavy gunfire and the suspect barricaded himself inside the classroom with children and teachers. a community the victims, today would have been the last day of class before the summer break. john: texas republican congressman tony gonzalez represents uvalde, he joins us in moments. fox team coverage. alexis mcadams has more on the victims. sandra: to bill with the latest on the ground in texas, what do we know? bill: sandra, a short time ago i was in touch with a source close to the investigation and told they are in fact
until the school s principal provided them with a master key. the associated press is out with bombshell reporting today reporting that onlookers, parents and neighbors outside of robb elementary school where the shooting took place were fluft frustrated and upset by the lack of police including one parents raised the idea of charging the school with other people. from the a.p. report, go in there, go in there, nearby women shouted at officers soon after it began, car ansah what saw it from across the street in the close-knit town of uvalde. carranza said the officers did not go in. minutes earlier carranza had watched after the shooter crashed his car into a ditch near a school and grabbed his ar-15 and shot at two people outside a nearby funeral home who ran away uninjured. while it is unclear at this hour at precisely at what point on tuesday this scene that you re looking at took place. the video appears to show desperate and anguished and terrified parents right outside
and is believed that responding officers killed him. it appears that two responding officers were struck by a salvador ramos but have no serious injuries he uvalde independent district school police department is the investigating agency and we will provide them and the city of uvalde substantial assistance. when the process obtained detail background on the subject, his motive, the types of weapon used and the legal authority to possess them and conduct a comprehensive crime scene investigation and reconstruction and identify and interview all witnesses and provide victim services in other support as needed. victor escalon is a texas department of south texas regional director and everything that can be done will be done. in addition to that it is being reported that the subject shot his grandmother right before he went into the school i have no further information about the connection between those two shootings. the subject is reported to be a student, to have been a stude