>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE
ASKED AND ANSWERED, JEFF PAUL.
BACK TO YOU AS THE NEWS BREAKS.
LET’S BRING IN FORMER D.C.
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE TED WILLIAMS.
TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND
THIS, TED, AS YOU ARE.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF
THE 911 CALLS.
THAT IS SO IMPORTANT HERE.
THE REASON THE DPS SAYS THEY
DEPARTMENT GO IN IS BECAUSE THE
COMMANDER ON SCENE SAID IT WAS
NO LONGER AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
SITUATION.
AGAIN, LET’S GO BACK TO THE
TIMELINE.
AT 11:33, THE SHOOTER ENTERS THE
CLASSROOM.
11:35, THERE’S SEVEN OFFICERS ON
SCENE.
TWO MINUTES LATER, IT IS CLEARLY
STILL AN ACTIVE SHOOTING
SITUATION, AND YET THEY DON’T GO
INSIDE THE CLASSROOM.
>> THIS, TRACE, IS JUST
UNSPEAKABLE.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
THESE CHILDREN, THESE 19 ANGELS
AND TWO TEACHERS, WERE BEING
SLAUGHTERED WHILE 19 POLICE
OFFICERS AT THE 12:03 HOUR IS
OUT THERE IN THE HALLWAY SAYING
THAT THIS IS A BARRICADE
SITUATION.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO BELIEVE WITH
ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE
CALLING IN, SAYING, PLEASE, SEND
THE POLICE, SEND THE POLICE,
ALSO TELLING THEM THAT WE HAVE
STUDENTS THAT ARE STILL ALIVE IN
HERE, YOU WOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED
THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE
OVERRULED THAT COMMANDER AND
WENT AND MADE A BREACH OF THAT
DOOR.
TRIED TO SAVE LIVES.
SO THE QUESTION THAT THEY NEED
TO ANSWER, HOW MANY, HOW MANY
LIVES COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN
SAVED IF THE RIGHT DECISION WAS
MADE WHERE WE WERE TOLD BY
COLONEL McGRAW THE WRONG
DECISION WAS MADE.
>> WHEN THE 911 CALLS ARE
RELEASED, THERE WILL BE A NEW
RECKONING.
IT’S NOT NEARLY AS EMOTIONAL OR
COMPELLING FOR ME TO READ THEM.
I’M GOING TO READ THE TIMELINE.
12:03, A FEMALE STUDENT FROM
INSIDE ROOM 112 CALLS.
RIGHT?
SHE CALLS BACK.
ADVISES, SHE WAS WHISPERING, BY
THE WAY, WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS
IN ROOM 112.
12:10, CALLS BACK, ADVISES
MULTIPLE DEAD.
12:13 SHE CALLS BACK.
THIS IS 46 MINUTES AFTER THE
GUNMAN ENTERS, 43 MINUTES LATER,
12:19, A NEW FEMALE STUDENT
CALLS FROM ROOM 111.
12:21, HEARS THREE SHOTS FIRED
DURING THAT CALL.
12:36, THE INITIAL CALLER SAID
HE SHOT THE DOOR.
AT 12:43 AND 12:47, A CALLER
ASKS 911, AN HOUR AND 16 MINUTES
AFTER THE GUNMAN ENTERS TO
PLEASE SEND POLICE NOW.
THERE ARE SOME 27 POLICE
OFFICERS OUTSIDE THE DOOR, TED.
>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS SUCH AN
EMBARRASSMENT.
LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST THAT
PERHAPS COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED.
THESE KIDS WERE CRYING FOR HELP.
THEY WERE CALLING OUT, ASKING
FOR HELP.
YOU’VE GOT LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS STANDING OUT, WAITING
FOR A BARRICADE SITUATION AND
WAITING FOR A SWAT TEAM.
THEY SHOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY
MOVED IN THERE, TRACE AND TRIED
TO NEUTRALIZE THIS PERSON.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
I READ WHERE ONE YOUNG LADY WAS
IN THERE AND SHE TOOK THE BLOOD
OF ONE OF HER CLASSMATES AND PUT
IT ON HER BODY AND REMAINS STILL
IN ORDER TO TRY TO LIVE.
THERE’S SO MANY STORIES COMING
OUT NOW ABOUT OTHER KIDS THAT
WERE ALIVE, ALIVE, AND THEY HAD
TO GO THROUGH THIS TRAUMATIC
INCIDENT.
SOME OF THEM HAVE NOW -- IT’S
OUTRAGEOUS, TRACE.
>> INCLUDING STORY OF ONE YOUNG
GIRL THAT POLICE CALLED OUT AND
SAID ARE YOU OKAY?
SHE SAID YES AND THEN SHE WAS