WE’VE BEEN DEALING WITH SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HERE IN THE STUDIO OVER THE LAST COUPLE
OF MINUTES. BUT WE HAVE MORE
NEWS TO GET TO RIGHT NOW FOR
NEARLY A MONTH. OUR KSAT
INVESTIGATES TEAM HAS BEEN
POURING THROUGH A 600 PAGE
REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE INTO THE ROBB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING.
THE DOJ IDENTIFIED WHAT IT
CALLS 10 STIMULUS, A VETS WHERE
THE HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS PRESENT COULD HAVE.
>> AND MAYBE SHOULD HAVE
STOPPED THE KILLING. THEY DID
NOT. LEE WILDMAN WATCHED HOURS
OF SURVEILLANCE AND BODY CAMERA
VIDEO TO SHOW YOU EACH OF THOSE
MOMENTS FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES.
AND THIS DOJ REPORT ONLY
ELECTED OFFICIALS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT LEADERS ARE
IDENTIFIED. KSAT HAS MADE THE
DECISION TO NAME ALL THE BODY
CAMERA VIDEO THAT WE’RE USING
IN THIS STORY AS WELL AS ANYONE
THAT IS SPEAKING THAT WE CAN.
>> WANT TO WARN YOU, THERE ARE
SOUNDS OF GUNSHOTS IN THIS
STORY AND OTHER MATERIAL THAT
SOME MIGHT FIND DISTURBING
>> 2 DAYS BEFORE THE LAST DAY
OF SCHOOL AND HOURS AFTER
FAMILIES REJOICED AT AN AWARDS
CEREMONY. THE TEEN ARMED WITH
AN AR 15 CAME INTO ROBB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND BEGAN
SHOOTING INSIDE OF CLASSROOMS.
ONE 11
>> WITHIN MINUTES.
OFFICERS ARRIVED. THIS IS THE
FIRST OF 10 MOMENTS THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT
SAYS OFFICERS SHOULD HAVE
INTERVENED AND SAVE THE
CHILDREN AND TEACHERS INSIDE
OF THOSE CLASSROOMS. THE REPORT
SAYS 11 UVALDE PD AND UVALDE
SEE ISD OFFICERS GOT ON SCENE
AT 11. 35 ACTING UP CHIEF
MARIANO PARGAS AND YOU SEE ISD
POLICE CHIEF PETE ARREDONDO
FAILED TO ESTABLISH COMMAND.
MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE.
>> YOU MIGHT BE ANOTHER BILL
THAT I WANT TO GO IN THIS.
>> NOT THE WAY THAT COMES
AROUND. OFFICERS HESITATED.
♪
>> WITH OFFICERS ON SCENE OF
THE SHOOTING CONTINUES RETREAT.
♪
♪
♪ ♪ >> WE’RE GOING TO DINNER.
>> WELL, OFFICERS IN THE
HALLWAY, STATE-BACKED OR
ARRIVED OUTSIDE.
>> HAVE TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL.
HE’S GOT
>> RIGHT NEXT TO
>> WHERE HE’S AT SUBJECTS IN
THE SCHOOL. ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE BUILDING.
HE’S CONTAINED. WE GOT MULTIPLE
OFFICERS INSIDE THE BUILDING AT
THIS TIME. HE BELIEVED
BARRICADED. AND ONE OF THE ONE
OF THE OFFICES. HOW MOST OF US
STILL SHOOTING.
♪
>> DESPITE BEING INCORRECTLY
IDENTIFIED AS A BARRICADED
SUSPECT, RADIO TRAFFIC SUGGEST
THERE ARE KIDS AND TEACHERS IN
THE CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM
SHOULD BE IN SESSION RIGHT NOW.
THE QUESTION BE IN
>> ISIS LED OUT OF THE HALLWAY
PARGAS.
A PEEK INSIDE THE ROOM WITH
DESPITE DOZENS OF OFFICERS IN
THE HALLWAY WITH SHIELDS AND
LONG GUNS.
>> NO ONE MAKES A MOVE INTO
EITHER CLASSROOM.
OUTSIDE OFFICERS ARE BREAKING
WINDOWS TO EVACUATE. OTHER
CLASSROOMS ARE QUICKLY.
>> OPEN THE
WINDOW GUY OPEN THE WITH THE
>> OPEN THE WINDOW.
GOVERNMENT GOVERNMENT.
>> GOVERNMENT REPORT SAYS THAT
THIS POINT IS THE PART ON DO
INSISTS OFFICERS WAIT UNTIL THE
OTHER ROOMS NEAR ONE 11 ONE 12
ARE CLEARED.
THE REMAINS WILL MEANWHILE UPD
ACTING CHIEF PARGAS. HERE’S A
DISTURBING DISPATCH CALL.
THE ONLY TELL SOME IN THE
HALLWAY.
♪
HALLWAY. ♪ >> THE VICTIM’S CHILD CHILLS IN
THE ROOM WHEN THE
I THINK THERE HAS JUST GOTTEN
HIM PICKED HIM IN
>> YOU KNOW, MINUTE AROUND 12,
16 AS ARRADONDO TRIES MORE KEYS
ON OTHER CLASSROOM DOORS.
>> THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY SERGEANT ARRIVES
GRATEFUL FOR YOU
>> I MET HIM. I THINK THIS IS
MULTIPLE VICTIMS IN
THE ROOM. NOW. I WE HAVE A
LITTLE SUNSHINE. YOU’RE RIGHT.
THE STATE.
>> IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH
ARRADONDO CALLED OUT THE GUNMAN
AT TIMES USING HIS NAME OUT OF
RESPECT TO THE VICTIMS AND
SURVIVORS AND TO PREVENT
CLARIFICATION, KSAT WILL NOT
AIR THAT PORTION OF THE VIDEO.
>> PLEASE DON’T HURT ANYONE.
SO PROUD OF THESE KIDS SWIM.
WE DID SO WELL.
A SPECIAL TEAMS ARE GOING RIGHT EVEN AFTER THIS CONVERSATION, IT TOOK MORE THAN 10 MINUTES
FOR OFFICERS TO BREACH THE ROOM
AND STOP THE GUNMAN. 77 MINUTES
LATER.
>> ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE
WERE PULLED OUT OF THE
CLASSROOM A LIFE. THE VICTIMS
AND SURVIVORS SHOULD NEVER BEEN
TRAPPED WITH THAT SHOOTER.
>> FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR AS
THEY WAITED FOR THEIR RESCUE.
>> FOR KSAT INVESTIGATES AND WE
WANT MEN.
>> I’VE SEEN BEFORE IN SOME
INTERACTION THAT WE HAVE NOT
SEEN BEFORE AND WHAT BECOMES
CLEAR IS WHY DID THEY WAIT?
WHY DID THEY WAIT SO LONG WHEN
THEY KNEW ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
KNEW KIDS WERE THERE? THEY KNEW
THERE WERE CASUALTIES THERE,
HANDING OUT GAS. THEY WERE
HANDING OUT THINGS.
AND IT STILL TOOK ANOTHER 10
MINUTES WITH A BREACH THAT ROOM
10 DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT
LEE OUTLINED AND IT ALMOST
FEELS LIKE.
>> EVER SENSE. YOU KNOW YOU
WHEN I STOOD HERE AND AND
COVERED THAT FOR HOURS IN THE
STUDIO, LEARNING NEW
INFORMATION ON MAY 24TH.
THE MORE WE HAVE LEARNED SINCE
HAS CONTINUED TO BE A GUT PUNCH
AT THE FACT THAT IT TOOK 77
MINUTES. THERE WERE 10 CLEAR
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE NOW
SEEN ON CAMERA AND YOU HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT HOW IT AFFECTS US
TO HEAR THAT. BUT THESE
FAMILIES, THESE FAMILIES,
FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS,
FAMILIES OF SURVIVORS WHO HAVE
LEARNED ALONG WITH US ABOUT
THE COMPLETE FAILURES OF THAT
DAY.