THAT CONVERSATION THROUGH
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AS WE GO.
LET’S BRING IN KING COUNTY
SHERIFF BRAD BRAD KOCH HE SENT H
DEPUTIES TO RESPOND TO THE
NEIGHBORING UVALDE COUNTY.
THANKS FOR BEING ON THE PROGRAM.
TELL US WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY
WHEN YOU SENT YOUR SHERIFF
DEPUTIES TO RESPOND TO THE
SCENE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
YESTERDAY I GOT A CALL FROM MY
CHIEF DEPUTY.
HE HAD HEARD OVER THE RADIO
THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
SITUATION IN UVALDE.
I DIDN’T HESITATE.
I SAID ROLL THAT DAY AND SEND
TWO ADDITIONAL DEPUTIES FROM
KENNY COUNTY AND SENT DEPUTIES
FROM GALVESTON COUNTY DOWN HERE
TO HELP US.
WE SENT A TOTAL OF FIVE OR SIX
PEOPLE OVER THERE TO ASSIST
UVALDE COUNTY.
>> Lawrence: TELL US AND I DON’T
WANT YOU TO GET INTO THE
INVESTIGATION.
EXPLAIN TO US BECAUSE WE WERE
JUST TALKING ABOUT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT YOU GUYS
HAVE TO DO?
IMMEDIATELY SECURE THAT SCENE
TELL US THE AFTERMATH BEING
THERE TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT THERE ON THE
GROUND WHAT THAT DO D. TO YOUR
DEPUTIES.
>> I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO MY
DEPUTIES THROUGH THE NIGHT.
THEY ARE EXTREMELY UPSET.
THEY ARE -- WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS COUNSELING
ON THIS.
IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE TRAIN
FOR.
SOMETHING THAT WE PRAY TO GOD WE
NEVER HAVE TO ENCOUNTER YESTERDAY MY DEPUTIES
YESTERDAY MY DEPUTIES
ENCOUNTERED IT.
>> Will: LAWRENCE, I KNOW YOU
ARE IN KENNY COUNTY RIGHT NEXT
DOOR TO UVALDE COUNTY.
I’M CURIOUS ABOUT THE TIMELINE
WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE
INCIDENT.
THERE WAS AID NEEDED IN UVALDE,
I’M CURIOUS THE TIMELINE OF WHEN
YOU FIRST GOT THAT CALL TO THE
POINT AT WHICH THE SITUATION
WAS, I DON’T KNOW THE RIGHT WORD
TO USE RESOLVED IN HAND, WHEN
THE SHOOTER WAS TAKEN DOWN.
I’M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW LONG THIS
ENTIRE SITUATION PLAYED OUT.
>> FOR MY TEAM, WE RESPONDED
IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS WE GOT
WORD.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY, WE
WERE HEARING VARIOUS REPORTS, I
MEAN, OF COURSE 90% OF IT WE DID
NOT PUT OUT BECAUSE WE DIDN’T
HAVE THE TRUE NUMBERS.
WE DIDN’T HAVE THE FACTS.
IT WASN’T UNTIL LATE YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON THAT I FINALLY GOT ALL
THE INFORMATION.
OF COURSE NOT BEING ON SCENE, I
WASN’T PRIVY TO ALL OF THAT AND
I’M NOT EVEN GOING TO QUESTION
HOW LONG IT TOOK THE INFORMATION
TO GET OUT.
THAT’S ALL IN UVALDE’S HANDS.
WE ARE PRAYING FOR THEM.
I’M JUST PART OF THE BACK FIELD
TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM ANY WAY I
CAN.
>> Will: I’M CURIOUS HOW LONG --
WAS IF AN HOUR LONG?
I’M CURIOUS HOW LONG THIS WENT
ON.
HOW LONG HE WAS INSIDE THE
SCHOOL IF YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION ON.
THAT WAS HOW LONG THIS ENTIRE
TRAGEDY UNFOLDED.
>> I DON’T HAVE THE INFORMATION
EXACTLY HOW LONG IT TOOK INSIDE.
HOW LONG WAS INSIDE THE SCHOOL.
>> Will: OKAY.
>> I KNOW SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE I
FINALLY GOT ALL THE INFORMATION.
>> Will: GOT IT.
>> Ainsley: CAN YOU PAINT THE
PICTURE WHAT THEY SAW WITHOUT
BEING TOO GRAPHIC?
I’M SURE THEY SAW THE WORST OF
THE WORST WHEN YOU SEE CHILDREN
THAT HAVE BEEN KILLED.
BUT, WAS THE FOURTH GRADE
CLASSROOM WE ARE READING YOU
WALKED IN THE SCHOOL THE FOURTH
GRADE CLASSROOM WAS CLOSE TO THE
FRONT DOOR THAT’S WHERE THE
ACTIVE SHOOTER WALKED IN FIRST.
KIDS WERE JUMPING OUT OF THE
WINDOWS.
WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU?
WHAT HAPPENED?
CAN YOU PAINT THE PICTURE FOR US
AND TELL US WHAT THEIR
ENCOUNTERS WERE WERE THE
PARENTS, WHAT STORIES THEY HERD?
>>
>> OF COURSE I DIDN’T GET INTO A
WHOLE LOT OF THE DETAILS WITH
THE DEPUTIES.
I KNOW ONE OF MY DEPUTY WAS
ASSISTING IN IDENTIFYING THE
BODIES.
HE HAS GOT KIDS THAT AGE.
EXCUSE ME.
IT WAS TOUGH ON ON HIM.
I HAVE GOT HIM SET UP.
IS HE GOING TO SEE A COUNSELOR
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
AND GOT TO GET HIM RIGHT SO WE
CAN PROTECT THE KIDS HERE IN
KINNEY COUNTY.
>> Lawrence: SHERIFF, WE CAN
HEAR THE EMOTION IN YOUR VOICE. YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE
YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE
ENTRUST YOU GUYS GO IN THERE AND
DEAL WITH THESE SITUATIONS.
YOU GUYS AREN’T WILL APPRECIATED
ENOUGH FOR TAKING THOSE
SACRIFICES AND TOLLS.
WHAT ARE YOU PLAN ON DOING FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT?
WILL COUNSELING BE PROVIDED FOR
THEM?
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL
NEVER FORGET.
>> WE WILL HAVE COUNSELING FOR
THEM.
I WILL STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEM.
I SEE THEM EVERY DAY.
HAVE TO CHECK ON AID, WELL
BEING, MENTAL STATUS.
MY PHONE LINE IS OPEN TO THEM
24/7 IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN SINCE I
TOOK OFFICE.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING
AT IS ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR
THE DEPUTIES IN A SCENARIO LIKE
THIS.
WE DO TRAIN TWO OR THREE TIMES A
YEAR IN CASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS
EVER HAPPENS HERE.
>> Ainsley: SHERIFF, WHAT DO WE
TELL OUR CHILDREN?
IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN DO IF
THEY ARE IN THIS SITUATION?
>>
>> I VISIT WITH THE KIDS ALL THE
TIME HERE IN KINNEY COUNTY.
TRUTH.
THIS CAN HAPPEN.
WE TRY TO PREPARE THEM.
WHAT TO DO BUT WE ARE TALKING
CHILDREN, KIDS, WHO MAY NOT
COMPREHEND IT BUT WE HAVE TO
TELL THEM THE TRUTH.
>> Ainsley: WHAT DO WE TELL THEM
IF THEY ARE IN THIS SITUATION
AND AN ACTIVE SHOOTER GOD FORBID
EVER WALKED IN THEIR CLASSROOM,
WHAT DO THEY DO?
>> WE TOLD THEM WE HAVE BEEN
THROUGH SOME SCENARIOS, PUT ON
PRESENTATIONS.
SEEK COVER IF YOU HAVE TO LEAVE
THE BUILDING, RUN.
WE’LL FIND YOU LATER.
WE HAVE SOME AREAS THEY CAN RUN
TO IF THEY ARE CAUGHT.
RUN TO THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE,
THE BAPTIST STREET ACROSS THE
STREET.
ANYWHERE THAT THEY CAN HIDE TO
KEEP THEM FROM BEING INJURED.
>> Lawrence: SHERIFF COE THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU ARE
DOING FOR THE COUNTRY AND THE
DEPUTIES.