to take command of the situation, which the report described as, quote, chaos. the report says, the entirety of law enforcement and its training, preparation, and response, shares systemic responsibility for many missed opportunities on that tragic day, the entirety of law enforcement. pete arredondo testified to the investigation that he did not know that there were any students or teachers alive or dead inside the classroom with the shooter. but police body cam video released by the city of uvalde yesterday shows a 9-1-1 dispatcher, telling an officer at the school that the child has been calling 9-1-1 from inside the classroom. we do have a child on the line. wait, what was that? it s going to be in room 12 [inaudible]
that was the largest group of texas law enforcement that was in that school, much bigger than uvalde and the local departments. and the report says, they have every right and authority to simply take control, when they show up. and they did not take any control at all. and that s the most damning piece here, of course, because we heard four days, and weeks, and months, we heard steve mccraw, director of dps, point the finger to the local school call, point the finger to a teacher, point the finger to local police. you had 91 dps troopers, many of which were in that hallway, and constantly were being told divergent narratives to shed themselves from responsibility here. the absolute truth here is that everybody on scene violated the attacker protocol, the active shooter protocol.
attacker had no real expenses, and hoarded money, telling acquaintances that he was saving for something big, and that they would all see him in the news one day. the attacker developed a fascination with school shootings of which he made no secret, even those he personally knew in his local chat group began calling him, the school shooter. not of his online behavior was ever reported to law enforcement. as soon as the attacker turned 18, on may 16th, 2022, just one week before the shooting on may 24th, 2022, he was finally able to purchase guns and ammunition. an online retailer shipped 1740 rounds of 5. 56 millimeter, 75 grain, boat tail hollow point to his doorstep, at a cost of 1007 and $61. 50. he ordered a daniel defense, an ar-15 stifle for shipment to a gun store in uvalde, at a cost of $2,054. 28.
difficult proposition. so in terms of what happens next, i think that much of that decision will be left to the employers of these hundreds, frankly, of police officers who were there that day. and whether or not they violated the oath that they took to protect and serve that community. tony plohetski and edgar sandoval, thank you very much for joining us tonight. thank you for your continued reporting on this important story. we really appreciate it. thank you. thank you. and joining us now is texas state senator roland gutierrez who represents texas 19th district, which includes uvalde. senator, i know this has been, as they ve all been, a very difficult weekend for you since the shooting. but you now have this report from the texas house, along with this meeting tonight where people were finally able to tell the school board what they think. first of all, your reading of the report, what stands out for you? lawrence, you and i have been talking about this for
edgar sandoval, i read in your reporting about mr. , whose family suffered the loss of a child in the shooting. and he gets the last word in one of your articles where he says, everyone makes mistakes. we can understand making mistakes. police made mistakes here, and what hurt him the most, after the fact was just the refusal to tell the truth about the mistakes that were made. yeah, that s right. from the very beginning, the families of uvalde have been asking for transparency, right? that horrible tragedy, they wanted local officials, to just tell them what happened. and what they really want at this point is for the 76 officers who were there that day [inaudible] and they re also hoping for some legal repercussions. they just find it really appalling that for 77 minutes, when kids were wounded and teachers, and they were calling