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 was happening elsewhere on screen. there s still a lot to learn, but it s worth mentioning had parents and families, reporters and others not demanded answered from law enforcement officials in the hours and the days and months after this massac
Information to the families, we will do so. this is uvalde school district police chief pete arredondo hours after the shooting promising to share information, but he never does. this is the last time he voluntarily speaks publicly, and three days after the shooting all other law enforcement agencies involved also stop talking publicly. they basically come and they say, well, we re not talking anymore, and now this has turned into a different kind of investigation. everything has to come from the district attorney, and so as a result we ve been ordered not to give out anymore information, and that was just incredible because they spent days making themselves available to us when it was convenient for them, when the story was going the way they wanted it to go, but once we started asking hard questions and once we really started going after them, ultimately forcing them to admit that mistakes were made here, they shut down.
Transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. mccraw says the on-scene commander was uvalde school district police chief arredondo. the chief of police is the incident commander. it s his school. he s chief of police, okay. where is the police chief, and why isn t he here to take our questions? well, because i m here to address the latest timeline and facts that we know. you re certainly welcome to reach out to him. the decision was made on the scene, i wasn t there, but at the same point in time a decision was made that this was a barricaded subject situation. there was time to retrieve the keyes and wait for a tactical team and the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point. that was the decision and that was the thought process at that particular point in time. there was 19.
The texas house investigative committee report says one officer faced gunfire getting grazed by fragments and building material. according to that report the other officer was also struck with building material. on the other end of the hall a body camera shows uvalde school district police chief pete arredondo, the highest ranking officer on the scene, also near the classroom with sgloefrs careful. shots fired. more and more officers arrive but no one makes a move to neutralize the shooter, though clearly some overs know time is of the essence. we ve got to get in there. we ve got to get in there. he keeps shooting. we ve got to get in there. it s clear police know where the gunman is. okay, guys. he s armed. he just went into the building on the west side of the property. the day after the shooting at governor abbott s press