CBS4 NEWS AT 5 PM STARTS
NOW.> RIGHT NOW AT 5 PM,
INSIDE THE INVESTIGATION INTO
THE RESPONSE.
WHAT WENT RIGHT AND WHAT DID
NOT. THE BROWARD COUNTY
SHERRIF INVITED US TO LISTEN
TO THOSE CALLS. WE ARE LIVE
NOW AT THE HEADQUARTERS.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
Reporter: I HAVE LEARNED A LOT.
IN THESE RADIO CALL
TRANSCRIPTS, AS WELL AS THE
RADIO TRANSMISSIONS THEMSELVES,
THEY REINFORCE MANY OF THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BROWARD
COUNTY SHERIFF SCHOOL RESOURCE
DEPUTY AND HIS ACTIONS THAT
PARTICULAR DAY.
ALSO THE INABILITY OF THE GIRLS
BRINGS POLICE TO -- CORAL
SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
DISPATCH TO COMMUNICATE.
ULTIMATELY, WHAT THESE
TRANSMISSIONS REVEAL IS THE
CHAOS AND REAL-TIME DECISION-
MAKING THAT TOOK PLACE ON THAT
TRAGIC DAY.
ACCORDING TO THE BROWARD COUNTY
SHERRIF , NIKOLAS CRUZ ENTERED
THE SCHOOL AND STARTED FIRING.
THEY STARTED RECEIVING CALLS
THE SCHOOL ABOUT ONE MINUTE
LATER.
THE SCHOOL RESOURCES OFFICER
GOT ON HIS PHONE A SHORT TIME
LATER.
1:53 SECONDS AFTER SHOTS WERE
FIRED. I THINK WE'VE GOT
SHOTS FIRED.
POSSIBLE SHOTS FIRED.
Reporter: SECONDS LATER, HIS
FIRST COMMAND IS TO SHUT DOWN
THE AREA. MAKE SURE WE GET
UNITS OVER HERE. Reporter:
WELL NIKOLAS CRUZ WAS FIRING,
A DEPUTY FROM NEXT-DOOR ASKED
IF THEY HAD A DESCRIPTION ON
THE SHOOTER.
AT THIS POINT, OTHER DEPUTIES
ARRIVED AND THERE IS
CONFUSION. I HEAR SHOTS FILED
BY THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
Reporter: THIS IS 4 MINUTES
INTO THE BLOODSHED AND PETERSON
CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS.
DESPITE THE CONFUSION ABOUT
WHERE THE SHOTS WERE COMING
FROM, HE REITERATED SECONDS
LATER THAT THE SHOOTING APPEARS
TO BE IN THE 1200 BUILDING.
OVERBITE INSIDE THE 1200
BUILDING. Reporter: NOTABLE
DEPUTIES -- OVER BY INSIDE THE
1200 BUILDING. Reporter:
PETERSON MADE ANOTHER CALL TO
DISPATCH ABOUT KEEPING
EVERYTHING AWAY FROM THE 1200
BUILDING.
THIS IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT
FIVE BACK SECONDS AFTER LEFT
THE BUILDING.
BY THIS TIME, IT IS NOT CLEAR
HOW LONG THE SHOTS HAD STOPPED
BEING FIRED WHICH MIGHT'VE
CHANGED THE TYPE OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.
THERE IS CHAOS AS STUDENTS ARE
LEAVING THE BUILDING AND
DEPUTIES ARE TALKING ABOUT
RESPONDING TO AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER.
A DEPUTY RESPONDED TO A VICTIM
AS NIKOLAS CRUZ LEFT THE
SCHOOL HOPING TO BLEND IN. HE
IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
SCHOOL. DOES HE KNOW WHERE
THE SHOOTER IS? WE DO NOTE --
WE DO NOT KNOW.
WE ARE IN THE BUILDING, 17
KILLED. WE NEED TO GET UNITS
IN HERE TO TRY TO FIND THIS
GUY. Reporter: RIGHT NOW,
NIKOLAS CRUZ HAD BEEN GONE FROM
THE SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL MINUTES.
THE CAPTAIN HAS BEEN CRITICIZED
FOR CALLING FOR A PERIMETER AT
THE SCENE WHEN THE RADIO CALLS
SHOW THE SHOOTING WAS OVER AND
THAT NIKOLAS CRUZ HAD LEFT THE
BUILDING.
IT IS NOT CLEAR IF JORDAN HAD
KNOWN THAT.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, JORDAN
AGAIN MENTIONED A PERIMETER.
WANT TO MAKE SURE A PERIMETER
IS SET UP -- ALL THE KIDS ARE
GETTING OUT. Reporter: THE
BOTTOM LINE IS, OFFICERS DID
NOT MAKE THEIR WAY INTO
BUILDING 12 ACCORDING TO THIS
TRANSCRIPT RELEASED AND TELL 11
AND A HALF MINUTES AFTER THE
SHOOTING STARTED.
MULTIPLE MINUTES AFTER NIKOLAS
CRUZ HAD LEFT.
THERE IS A LOT TO UNPACK YOUR.
WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY -- A
LOT TO UNPACK HERE.
WE SAT DOWN WITH A DEPUTY TO
TALK ABOUT ALL THIS.
HE DISCUSSED THEM NOT GOING IN
THE BUILDING AND ALSO THE
PROBLEMS WITH RADIO MEDICATIONS
BETWEEN THE SHERIFF AND THE
POLICE.
-- RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
THE SHERIFF AND THE POLICE. I
DO NOT KNOW THAT ANY CHAOTIC
SCENE LIKE THIS EVER GOES
PERFECTLY.
THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE TASKED
WITH ASSESSING A SITUATION THAT
IS RAPIDLY EVOLVING WITH A LOT
OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF
INFORMATION.
THEY HAVE TO MULTITASK UNDER
HIGH STRESS.
THE MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SHOOTER
IN BUILDING 12 DID NOT OCCUR,
BUT IT DIDN'T OCCUR BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO INFORMATION THE
SHOOTER WAS IN BUILDING 1200.
THEY DID NOT GO INTO THAT
BUILDING INITIALLY BECAUSE THEY
WERE DEALING WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF SHOTS FIRED ON
THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
GIRLS BRINGS UP ON A SEPARATE
RADIO CHANNEL FOR THEIR --
CORAL SPRINGS OPERATES ON A
SEPARATE RADIO CHANNEL THAN THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
ANYTHING THAT OCCURRED ON THAT
CHANNEL WOULD NOT BE HEARD BY
DEPUTIES ON THE SCENE AND VICE
VERSA.
THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE
INFORMATION THAT WAS BROADCAST
ON THE SHERIFF CHANNELS.
DEPUTIES ARE UNSURE OF THE
LOCATION OF THE SHOOTER OR THE
NUMBERS OF SHOOTERS.
SO, WHEN CAPTAIN JORDAN ASKED
THE QUESTION IF THERE IS A
PARAMETER SET IN AN ATTEMPT TO
CONTAIN THE INDIVIDUAL, THAT
WAS A REASONABLE QUESTION.
Reporter: THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAID THAT THERE DEPUTIES
TRY TO GO IN ONE OF THE
BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS FIRST
BEFORE THOSE CORAL SPRINGS
OFFICERS WENT INTO BUILDING 12.
HOWEVER, THE BUILDING THE
SHERIFF TRY TO ACCESS AFTER THE
SHOOTING WAS THE 1300 BUILDING
NOT THE 1200 BUILDING WHERE THE
SHOOTING TOOK PLACE.
AGAIN, ADDING TO THE CONFUSION
OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY
TRANSPIRING THAT DAY.
WE ALSO LEARNED THAT TWO
SHERIFF DEPUTIES WERE GOING
INTO BUILDING 12 WITH THOSE
FOUR CORAL SPRINGS LEASE
OFFICERS.
HOWEVER, THOSE DEPUTIES DID NOT
MAKE IT IN AT THAT FIRST MOMENT