he ll preside at 12 funeral services. today, visitations or funerals will held for at least four students and one teacher. on friday, it was revealed there were at least eight 911 calls from two callers inside the school. the calls came in as 19 officers waited outside the classroom where the gunman was for 50 minutes. that s when a customs and border protection team made the call to go in without direct orders. according to a texas state senator. one teacher is now describing the tense moments inside her classroom after spotting the gunman outside. i just kept hearing shots fired and i kept praying, god, please don t let him come in my room. please don t let him come in this room. and for some reason, he didn t. we are also hearing new audio taken by a man who spoke to cnn but didn t want to be publicly identified. a facebook live video includes what he says is audio from the
was or another ceremony that was supposed to take place today is not going to. statement from the mayor here in uvalde says city council members were expected to be sworn in, including the controversial police chief of the school district, pete arredondo. he was the pone who made the decision to keep law enforcement back from going into the classroom where the gunman was barricaded. many parents and residents in the community blame him for that decision, for the dramatic loss of life. 21 individuals that were lost here in this community that s deeply wounded this south texas town of 15,000 people. and there is more grief and so much pain here still evident, just one week since this happened. two funerals are expected to happen later today for two of the smallest victims. we also know that at least three rosaries and visitations will also take place. you know, this memorial behind me continues to grow by the hour. we re seeing residents here with tears in their eyes coming here,
leaving loved ones only memories, as community members, even matthew mcconaughey, whose hometown is uvalde, come to pay their respects. those close to the 21 killed can t help but think about those last moments as they prepare to lay their own to rest. her classmates said she was brave, that she was grabbing all the other students and telling them where to hide before the gunman turned on her. she was so brave and courageous, to tell the kids to hide. the funeral for that 10-year-old girl, maite rodriguez, is tonight. a heartbroken community attending five services today. two funerals and three visitations for four children and one teacher among the 21 killed, as more details come to light. it s unclear at what point during the shooting this video was taken. the apparent radio call was videotaped by a man who told cnn he heard the dispatch from the radio of a customs and border patrol vehicle outside the
visitations and funerals will continue through this week and into next week. 22 funerals in all. of course 19 students who were lost, the two teachers and the husband of one of those teachers. so it is a lot of grief that this community is dealing with. as that is taking place, there is also a lot of questions still that have not been answered for many members of this community starting with the police chief. the police chief of the uvalde school district. we thought that we would see him today get sworn into city council. he is a person who department of public safety, so state police officials say that was an incident commander as the shooting was happening, that he made this decision according to them to hold back the officers, seeing it as a barricade situation rather than an active shooter situation. there are a lot of open questions for that decision. there is a lot of pain and a lot of grief in this community as we continue to watch these funerals start to take place. and let
caliber weapons they don t simply no rational basis for it in terms and, remember, it s not the second amendment was never absolute. now, for the people who live in this community, a lot of that is what they are calling noise at this point. it s important but right now, they are just taking it hour by hour, day by day. it is going to be a big challenge, no doubt, moving forward today at least four funerals, visitations, and one burial are on the calendar. it is going to take a lot of healing. we have seen volunteers and faith organizations from all over the country. grief counselors have descended on this location because they will be hurting for quite some time. back to you. thank you, casey. ains there was a recording that was released. i don t know if you all saw it yesterday but the dispatcher is saying we do have a child on the line. the child is advising he is in