texas attacked an elementary school and killed 21 people. 19 of them, children. and while it is common for new details to emerge after the so-called fog of war lifts, the basic facts of the police response to this particular shooting have changed. and then, they changed again. and today, officials try yet again, to lay out a timeline of the response to this attack, to an increasingly skeptical press corps and public. and this version, the one we heard today, painted a shocking picture of what now looks to be an extraordinarily inept police response, that allowed the government to be locked in a classroom with children, who were still alive for more than an hour! here s today s version of what happened on tuesday, may 24th. at 11:27 am, central time, a teacher at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, walks out of the building, and props the door open. and that teacher sees a truck crash behind the school. by 11:28 am, she is rushed back into the school to get her phone, lea
tragedy. ask the questions. those politicians don t want to answer. the running the clock. don t let them do it. love has to be the answer. decency must rule. nicole hawk lay, matthew dowd, thank you for joining me on this important friday night, at the end of a very heavy week. and from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of monday. be good. us i will see you and while it is common for new details to emerge after the so-called fog of war lifts, the basic facts of the police response to this particular shooting have changed. and then, they changed again. and today, officials try yet again, to lay out a timeline of the response to this attack, to an increasingly skeptical press corps and public. and this version, the one we heard today, painted a shocking picture of what now looks to be an extraordinarily inept police response, that allowed the government to be locked in a classroom with children,
now. statements from authorities today only added to the confusion and criticism and the concern from parents. correspondent jeff paul is live in uvalde tonight with the search for answers, good evening, we now know from the time the suspect crashed his truck it took him about 12 minutes to get inside this school but it s the hour that took place between when officers first engaged with the shooter and they killed him that is now raising more questions than answers. life will never be the same again. never. piecing together the puzzle of tuesday s mass shooting in uvalde as a small texas community warns a painstaking investigation into what happened before and during tuesday s massacre. we now know there was not an armed school security guard and the gunman walked through an unlocked door. it was reported that a school district police officer confronted the suspect that was making entry. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. police say the gunman was insi
school. while there is an overwhelming sense of sorrow, there is a hunger for answers. there are new questions this morning as investigators piece together what happened. centering on the timeline of events. the texas department of public safety says the suspect was on the premises for about 40 minutes. a school resource officer, they say, confronted him, but the suspect kept going, entered the school, walked into a double classroom, locked the door, and began shooting. video has emerged appearing to show desperate parents outside the school. some appearing frustrated with law enforcement. we should note this it s unclear at the time, precisely at what point this video occurred as well as what actions law enforcement was taking at the moment. the ap reports one parent whose daughter was killed, said he was upset police weren t moving more quickly. he has confirmed that sentiment to nbc news. and that he made that statement. nbc news has reached out to the texas department o
tuesday, but the gunman was not killed until just after 1 p.m. initially the texas department of public safety said the resource officer at the school fired at the gunman but steve mcgraw, director of the texas dps said he did not. it was a brave, independent school district resource officer that approached him, engaged him. at that time gun fire was not, changed. confronted him. he followed him right in immediately. so if this version of events is accurate, that means an armed school officer responsible for the safety of the children and teachers inside saw a man dressed in tactical gear carrying an assault rifle and did not use force to stop him from entering the school and killing 19 children and two of their teachers. nbc news reached out to texas dps for comment previously. the director said the gunman was engaged, quote, immediately and that two officers were wounded. inside the school a teacher heard gunshot as end of year celebrations were in full swing. speaking