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Surrounded by victims. as the acting uvalde police chief mariano pargas was a commanding officer on scene and could have done something about it. shimon prokupecz joins us now. shimon, this is so stunning. i mean, this is such incredible work you ve done. you spoke with the families about what you found. i can t imagine what their feelings are. i mean, you know, it s just, anderson, in all honesty, it s just disappointment after disappointment for them because they feel, again, they re not getting this full account of what s happening. and certainly they re very thankful to us for bringing this information to them. it s one of the hardest things to do in this story, really, besides trying to get all this information. but reaching out to these family members, every time we do this story and having to provide this information to them. and there s always the silence on the phone from them. then it takes a little while and they start to ask questions. ....
With the police department? is he still being paid? he s still being paid. he s on administrative leave. he was suspended of administrative leave back in july. he s still getting paid. i ve been talking to city officials here in uvalde, and they want him gone. they want him fired. so, that process is going to take some time. there are certainly individuals inside the city that want him fired. he s also an elected official, as a city commissioner. he was elected just last week back to that position. we ll see what happens with that. but certainly the family members, after having this information, they feel it s time for him to go, anderson. shimon prokupecz, thank you so much for the work you re doing. keep at it. we ll be right back. thanks anderson. w, even when you re not wororkin. a plan that includes alall your accounts so you can enjnjoy whatever comes next. that s the planning effect.. from fidelity. hold on. you re a night manager and mom. and the bill payer, baker, annigh ....
Debates, at times confused and seemingly uncertain about what to do. they wouldn t breach the classroom for another 30 minutes. cnn analysis of a new never before made public angle of the hallway security camera shows that pargas never steps foot back inside this hallway. in interviews with investigators obtained by cnn, pargas says he didn t believe he was in charge and officers from the uvalde city police were there only to assist the school police until the texas department of public safety took over. the texas department of public safety, which placed seven of its officers who were at the scene under further investigation, labelled uvalde school police chief pete arradondo as the on-scene commander. arradondo, who was fired in august, maintains he wasn t in charge either. cnn reached pargas by phone. he said, quote, he would love to defend himself, but he s been ....
Before heard phone call to show how a failure of leadership allowed 77 minutes to tick by before police killed the gunman. acting uvalde police chief mariano par gas was one of the first police officers to enter robb elementary may 24th. the chief of uvalde police was on vacation, which left pargas in charge of city police. he arrives just three minutes after the gunman fires his first shots. his officers run in ahead of him and make an initial attempt to breach the classroom. they quickly retreat when shots are fired in their direction. cnn has chosen to mute the sound of those gunshots. am i bleeding? am i bleeding? reporter: minutes later, uvalde school district police officer, ruben ruiz, whose wife is a teacher at robb elementary, delivers critical information to pargas. the shooter is located inside his wife s classroom. ....
Chief mariano pargas was the commanding officer and could have done something about it. shimon prokupecz, cnn, uvalde, texas. it just leaves you absolutely speechless. these poor families, it issin fu it is infuriating and then he said we don t know if the kids are alive and they said eight to nine kids in the classroom. listen, the loss already tremendous but the idea that you had all of those armed folks, armed an trained out there to get in quickly. that is training and did not. even though they knew there were till lives at risk. didn t try. still to come. we re joined live by the libertarian candidate in georgia who received tens of thousands of votes in that senate race. how to push it into a runoff and how chase oliver wants to hold a forum with each candidate ahead of next month s runoff. ....