THERE. ARE WEARING BLACK THAT IT. >> IT DEPICTS DEEPEST
CONDOLENCES.
>> COMPASSION, MAN, THE
VICTIMS, FAMILIES IN THE FALL
TO SHOOTING SITTING DOWN WITH
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY.
>> COMPASSION AND HE LISTENED
TO EVERYTHING. WE LISTEN IN.
WE SHED SOME TEARS. WE SHED
SOME TEARS. OUR COVERAGE
CONTINUES TONIGHT AS A
COMMUNITY LEANS ON EACH OTHER
FOR SUPPORT FOR LEAVE EVERYBODY
THIS YEAR. POLICE IS IMPORTANT
TO HIM.
>> SHOW SUPPORT.
>> I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE CHILDREN
WILL HAVE KIDS. IT’S IT’S
TERRIBLE LOSS AND CHILDREN CALL
FOR CHANGE. IF WE WANT TO HEAR
WE NEED TO REALLY IS BECAUSE IF
WE DON’T CHANGE NESSIE, IT’S
GOING TO BE THE SAME. IT’S
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND
AGAIN.
>> 5 DAYS HAVE NOW PASSED AND
THE PAIN OF THE UVALDE SCHOOL
MASSACRE IS STILL SURGING
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY THERE.
WE HAVE HAD CREWS AND YOUVALDEE
ALL DAY LONG COVERING
EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE VISIT
BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND
FIRST LADY DOCTOR JILL BIDEN.
THIS ALL HAPPENING AS THE
VICTIMS, FAMILIES, THE
COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE AROUND THE
NATION STILL LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS TONIGHT, WE ARE
LEARNING THE U.S. JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT IS REVIEWING THE
VALLEY LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE
TO THAT SHOOTING AT THE REQUEST
OF UVALDE AS MAYOR IN A
STATEMENT PUT OUT EARLIER
TODAY, MAYOR DON MCLOUGHLIN
SAID IN PART, QUOTE, I THINK
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FOR ACCEPTING MY REQUEST TO
CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT CRITICAL
INCIDENT REVIEW OF LAW
EFORCEMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE
MASS SHOOTING. I TRUST THE
ASSESSMENT WILL BE FAIR,
TRANSPARENT, AN INDEPENDENT
END QUOTE. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT
IS NOT CLEAR HOW THAT REVIEW
WILL BE CONDUCTED OR WHETHER
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS WILL
BE COMPELLED TO COOPERATE IN
THE REVIEW. AND WHEN IT MIGHT
BE COMPLETED. OUR TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT IN UVALDE CONTINUES
FOR STARTING WITH STEVE
SPRIESTER VALDESE TOWN SQUARE.
STEVE, WE ARE HEARING SOME OF
THE MOST VOCAL.
>> ABOUT CHANGE IN THAT
COMMUNITY ARE SOME OF THE
YOUNGEST.
>> YEAH. AND TIM YOU KNOW,
WE’VE BEEN WITH YOU ALL ALL
DAY. WE STARTED OUR COVERAGE
HERE AT 10 THIS MORNING.
AND THEN WE SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE
COME FROM CHURCH SERVICES,
INCLUDING A CHURCH CHOIR THAT
ACTUALLY A SAYING FOR PART OF
THE I’VE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT WHAT YOU NOTICE WHEN YOU
CALL ME IN THE TOWN SQUARE PARK
HERE IN UVALDE. IT’S JUST HOW
QUIET EVERYTHING IS. THERE ARE
PEOPLE THAT ARE TALKING ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF THIS PARK. BUT THE
THE CLOSER THEY
GET TO THE CANDLES AND THE
CROSSES AND THE FLOWERS THAT
HAVE BEEN LAID IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO WERE LOST IN THIS
TRAGEDY. THE MORE QUIET IT
BECOMES AS PEOPLE WERE PRAYING.
PEOPLE ARE MEDITATING
CONTEMPLATING AND THAT THAT’S
REALLY A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE.
ANOTHER THING THAT I WAS TAKEN
BY A LOT OF FAMILIES AND
ESPECIALLY A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE.
9, 10, 11 YEAR-OLD. WE’RE VERY
CLEAR. BUT THEIR CONCERN ABOUT
THEIR FUTURE AFTER THIS
SHOOTING.
>> IT’S HARD TO TIPPING.
>> THAT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, I
HAVE TO SEND HER KNOW THAT.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW IT’S SCARY FOR THE
PARENTS. IT’S HARD FOR THEM.
NOBODY KNOWS. WE DON’T KNOW
WHAT THEY’RE GOING THROUGH.
AND TO SEE THOSE LITTLE FACES
ON THOSE CLASSES. IT’S IT’S
NOT RIGHT.
THIS IS NOT A BEEN SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED WITH HER BABY
ISABELLA IN HER ARMS. A MOTHER
WORRIES ABOUT THE NEXT
GENERATION.
>> A GENERATION VERY EVIDENT AT
THIS MEMORIAL CHILDREN
REMEMBERING CHILDREN LOST AN 11
YEAR-OLD WITH A BLUNT MESSAGE.
I HAVE DREAMS. DON’T KILL ME.
A BROTHER AND SISTER WISHING
THEY COULD HAVE TOLD 2 OF THEIR
FAVORITE TEACHERS.
>> IT’S SAID TO KNOW THAT I
TEACH IS THAT THAT.
>> THEY’RE RESTING IN THE SOME
OF THEM WERE MY FRIENDS,
SIBLINGS IN.
YOU KNOW, YOU WISH YOU COULD
HAVE BEEN THERE FOR THEM AND,
YOU KNOW, YOU WISH THIS NEVER
HAPPENED.
>> IT’S JUST SAID THAT IT
HAPPENS. I
>> I’M SADDENED BECAUSE OF ALL
THE I FEEL HEARTBROKEN. TRAFFIC
HEAT AND NOW THE PILL SPEECHES
AND THEY’RE GOING TO NEED TO
SEE THE CHILD TO LEAVE YOU WITH
THAT WITH US.
>> WHEN YOU ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
>> JACLYN DESANTIS. SHE SHE
WAS NINE’S, KIND HAD A LOT OF
GOOD HUMOR AND
>> ALWAYS HAD A SMILE. SHE
WOULD NEVER LET SOMEONE DOWN.
HE WAS ALWAYS A NICE DIDN’T
BELIEVE IT UNTIL 8.
I SAW THAT HER MOM WAS THE ONE
WHO POSTED IT. ON FACEBOOK.
IT WAS. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE TO
ME AT. I REALLY DIDN’T KNOW
WHAT TO DO. I JUST STARTED
CRYING.
>> JACQUELINE CASSAR US ONE OF
THE NAMES THAT. THAT LITTLE
GIRL KNEW AS SHE TO HER SIDE
AROUND, HOPING THAT ADULTS
WOULD PAY ATTENTION AND ADULTS
WOULD DO SOMETHING. ANOTHER
POWERFUL THING AT THIS PARK.
CHALK.
KIDS ARE WRITING MESSAGES NOT
ONLY ON THE SIDEWALKS HERE, BUT
ALSO THE UTILITY PANELS THAT
YOU SEE BEHIND US RIDING ON
THE SIDEWALKS AND ALSO WRITING
MESSAGES ON THE CROSS ITSELF
ABOUT THE PEOPLE, BUT THEY WILL
MISS.
A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE VICTIMS.
AND I WANT TO SHOOT HE SURE
RIGHT NOW THAT A SAN ANTONIO
MOTHER MADE IT’S CALLED.
KNOW THEIR FACES. REMEMBER
THEIR NAMES.
SHE WE DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED
TO TAKE A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON
KNOWING WHO THESE VICTIMS WERE.
THE 2 TEACHERS, THE 19 STUDENTS
ALL ON THIS T-SHIRT AND SHE
WANTED TO GIVE THEM OUT TO
VICTIMS. FAMILIES. SO SHE CAME
HERE TO THIS PARK TO DO JUST
THAT.
>> I’M A MOM TO 2 YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER. THEY DO HAVE A 10
YEAR-OLD LITTLE BROTHER.
WHICH IS MY LIFE. SO WHEN IT
HAPPENED. HE’S THE FIRST ONE
THAT CAME TO MY MIND. THAT’S
WHY THE WHEN I SAW THAT IT’S A
WE KNOW THEIR FACES. REMEMBER
THEIR NAMES BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT
MATTERS. THAT’S THAT’S WHAT’S
IMPORTANT HERE. NOT ANYBODY
>> AND YOU HEARD THAT ECHOED
OVER AND OVER PEOPLE TALKING
ABOUT THE VICTIMS AND IT WAS.
WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW THEIR
STORIES BECAUSE THERE ARE SO
MANY PEOPLE WHO WE THINK THIS
IS SACRED GROUND OF THIS.
WHAT WE SAW TODAY WITH THE
PRESIDENT’S VISIT AND THE LEE
SUPER JOINS ME NOW, BY THE WAY,
WITH THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT AND
AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED
UP HERE IS THAT MAYBE THIS IS
THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS HEALING.
ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT’S WHAT
THIS
>> TOWN SQUARE, THE HEART OF
WHY THIS HAS BECOME YES IN ROBB
ELEMENTARY. IT’S HARD FOR THESE
FAMILIES, TOO PHYSICALLY GO
PUT A FLOWER AT THE SITE AND
THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
THAT’S HOW THEY HEAL. WE TALKED
ABOUT JUST THE HISPANIC MEXICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY. I MEAN, I
THINK ALL OF US THAT TRANSCENDS
BORDERS, RIGHT, THAT WE JUST
WANT TO HEAL IN COMMUNITY IN
GROUPS. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS
TOWN SQUARE HAS BECOME JUST A
HEALING PLACE FOR SO MANY.
>> 21 WOODEN CROSSES LEAD THE
WAY TO A SPACE OF HEALING AND
WHY THIS TOWN SQUARE. I HAD
TO BE HERE JUST TO SHOW SUPPORT
MAYBE START MY OWN HEALING.
THIS IS WHAT WHY THIS STRONG
LOOKS LIKE THIS IS JUST MY
CHILDREN.
>> THEIR OWN WORDS, THEIR OWN
WRITING, REAR FOR EVERYBODY.
>> AND THAT’S HOW I WAS RAISED.
I JUST KNOW THAT IT WILL HURT
ME. THE MOST OF MY SISTER IN
THE SITUATION LIKE THIS.
SO I.
STAY CLOSE. WE GOT A NICE TO
CLOSE MY FAMILY. EACH PERSON
PRESENT CONNECTING TO THE
VICTIMS IN SOME WAY.
>> HOPING TO BE A PILLAR OF
SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES OF
THE LIVES LOST AND THE CHILDREN
OF ROBB ELEMENTARY. NOW
FAMILIES ARE NUMB.
>> BUT I THINK IN TIME THEY’LL
SEE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT THEY
HAD WIND. THIS HAPPENED AND
EVEN AFTERWARDS, I’VE TOLD KIDS
BEFORE THAT THERE’S THIS GIANT
HOLE IN THEIR HEART ILL NEVER
CLOSE, BUT IT WILL GET SMALLER
AND TIME. AND THAT TAKES
TALKING ABOUT IT, CRYING ABOUT
IT, HAVING THOSE TIERS.
>> EARLIER, YOU AND I WERE
TALKING ABOUT THAT EXACT QUOTE,
YOUR THAT HOLE IN YOUR HEART.
IT WILL NEVER CLOSE IT. MAKE
IT SMALLER. BUT I ALSO THINK
ABOUT ACTS OF KINDNESS THAT WE
WITNESS HERE TODAY THAT HELPS
FILL THAT HOLE THAT WE ALL FEEL
IN OUR HEARTS AND FOR THE
FAMILIES. I THINK WHEN THEY’RE
READY TO LOOK BACK AND SEE THAT
THEY’RE NOT ALONE, THAT WE ARE
HERE FOR THEM, THAT THIS
COMMUNITY IS HERE FOR THEM.
AND NOT JUST HERE IN WHY DID
YOU KNOW IT EXTENDS SO FAR?
ABSOLUTELY. AND WE SAW MESSAGES
FROM NEW YORK CITY FROM
COLUMBINE IN FROM ALL
OVER TEXAS.
>> AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM ALL
OVER THAT HELPING YOU OUT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. I SAW I SAW
SOMEONE FROM THE IRVING POLICE
DEPARTMENT CONVERSE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND IT’S IT’S IT’S
REALLY.
IT’S IT’S THE HEALING PROCESS
BEGINNING, I BELIEVE. AND WHY
THAT THE WAY THAT HAPPENS IS
WITH COMMUNITY AND SIMPLY AND
THAT’S WHY FOR SO MANY WAS SO
IMPORTANT TO MAKE THE TRIP HERE
TO BUY THAT TODAY. ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT ALSO
MADE THE TRIP TO UVALDE THE
ACTUALLY PAT, THE MOTORCADE
PASSED BY THIS MEMORIAL.
BUT HE WASN’T HERE IN PERSON
BUT HE DID SEND HIS CONDOLENCES
TO THE CITY OF THE VALLEY
DESPITE BEING HERE. AND LIKE
I’VE SAID IN THE PAST, I’M NOT
SURE EXACTLY HOW LONG THIS
MEMORIAL IS GOING TO STAY OUT.
THERE’S PART OF ME THAT THINKS
THAT MAYBE THEY NEED TO MAKE
THIS A PERMANENT THING HERE
IN NEW VALLEY AND TO HONOR THE
PEOPLE THAT WERE LOST, BUT THAT
THAT’S DECISIONS TO BE MADE
DOWN THE ROAD TODAY, I THINK
WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE
HEALING PROCESS. SALUTE LEANNE
IT INTO SOMETHING.
HEART-WRENCHING YET BEAUTIFUL
TO TO BE HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO
WITNESS THAT AND SHARE THOSE
STORIES. ABSOLUTELY.
>> COURTNEY, TIM, BACK TO YOU
GUYS IN SAN ANTONIO.
STEVE SPRIESTER ALICIA BARRERA.
YOU KNEW ABOUT IT FOR US
TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
YOUR COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY.
>> WHAT A GREAT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER,
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND FIRST
LADY DOCTOR JILL BIDEN TRAVELED
FROM DELAWARE TO SAN ANTONIO.
THEN OVER TO UVALDE.
>> YEAH, THEY SPENT THEIR VISIT
IN WHICH INCLUDED STOPS ALONG
THE WAY, INCLUDING A PRIVATE
MEETING WITH THE FAMILIES OF
THE VICTIMS AS THE NIGHT TEAM’S
LEIGH WALDMAN SHOWS US THE
PRESIDENT MET BY CROWDS ALONG
THE WAY.
>> AIR FORCE ONE TOUCHED DOWN
AT KELLY AIR FIELD IN SAN
ANTONIO WITH PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN AND FIRST LADY DOCTOR
JILL BIDEN. THE COUPLE SHOULD
THE HANDS OF MAYOR RON
NIRENBERG AND MILITARY LEADERS
BEFORE QUICKLY LOADING ON TO
MARINE ONE TO COME TO UVALDE TO
HAVE THE PRESIDENT COME DOWN TO
THE DISTRICT.
>> IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR
THE HEALING OF THIS COUNTRY AS
WE GO FORWARD, THEIR FIRST STOP
ROBB ELEMENTARY WHERE THE FIRST
LADY TOUCH THE PHOTOS OF EACH
OF THE 19 CHILDREN KILLED AND
THE 2 TEACHERS. THEY WERE
JOINED BY THE UVALDE EC ISD
SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR HALL
HARRELL AND ROBB ELEMENTARY
PRINCIPAL MANDY GUTIERREZ.
LESS THAN A MILE AWAY,
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND DOCTOR JILL
BIDEN JOINED THE COMMUNITY FOR
MASS AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC
CHURCH BREAKS YOUR HEART THAT
YOUR HEART TO IT.
>> TO HAPPEN HERE, BUT HAS
HAPPENED HERE IN OUR HEARTS.
AND WE I CAN SHARE WITH THESE
PEOPLE IN OUR HEARTS AND OUR
PRAYERS GO OUT TO THEM, TOO.
YES, IN THE CHURCH MASS WAS
BEAUTIFUL, TOO, THAT WE COULD
SEE THE PRESIDENT.
>> CROWDS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF
THE CHURCH WHEN IT FILLED
FRANCIS, A STRAW AND HER 7
YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER VIOLENT
WATCH FROM OUTSIDE OF ALDI IS
THEIR HOME IS COMING AND THAT
IS COMING TO SUPPORT. THE
VOTING. AND I FEEL. SO STAN.
EXPLAIN.
PILOTS, OLDER BROTHER MADE IT
OUT OF ROBB ELEMENTARY BY
CLIMBING THROUGH A WINDOW WAS
>> OH, MY GOD, I’M IS GOING TO
BE SO AND ABOUT HIM BUT SAYS HE
GAVE ME THE BIDEN’S VISIT WITH
THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS AND
SURVIVORS OF THIS TRAGEDY WAS
KEPT PRIVATE.
>> IT HAPPENED AFTER THE HOUR.
LONG MASS ENDED AS THE FROM THE
PRESIDENT TO BE OUT OF A CAN OF
ALL THE ODDS HAHA.
>> TO BE OFFERING HIS BUT THE
FAMILIES HERE AND WITH THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT
WRAPPING UP AT GARNER FIELD
AIRPORT WITH THE BIDEN SPOKE
WITH FIRST RESPONDERS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN TWEETING THIS
BEFORE TAKING OFF, QUOTE, WE’RE
COMMITTED TO TURNING THIS PAIN
INTO ACTION.
>> WELL, CAMERAS WEREN’T
ALLOWED INSIDE WHILE THAT MASS
WAS TAKING PLACE. WE’RE TOLD
THERE WERE CALLS FOR LOVE TO
BE SPREAD TO ONE ANOTHER AND
ALSO TO BE WRAPPED AROUND THIS
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE WITH
FUNERAL STARTING THIS WEEK FOR
THE 21 VICTIMS KILLED INSIDE OF
THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WILL
BE NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER.
LIVE IN UVALDE WALTON KSAT,
12 NEWS.
>> AS YOU MIGHT’VE SEEN STEVEN
ALICIA WERE JUST A BIT AGO.
THE CROWD AT THE TOWN SQUARE
GREW LARGER AS THE DAY WENT BY
FROM PEOPLE WANTING TO GIVE
THEIR CONDOLENCES TO EVEN
NOTABLE POLITICIANS VISITING
OUR STEVE SPRIESTER GOT AN
INTERVIEW WITH STATE SENATOR
ROLAND GUTIERREZ TODAY. HE SAYS
THIS MASSACRE HAS CHANGED THE
COURSE OF HIS POLITICAL TOLD US
HE IS NOW WORKING ON CREATING
AN OFFICE THERE. AND YOU’VE
ALL DAY SO HE CAN CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THE VICTIMS, FAMILIES
AS THEY CONTINUE TO GRIEVE.
>> I’LL TELL YOU WHAT MANY TOLD
ME. DON’T LET MY CHILD’S DEATH.
WE’LL BE IN VAIN. MAKE SURE
THAT THEY DO SOMETHING.
AND SO I’M GOING TO TALK ABOUT
THIS UNTIL GREG ABBOTT AND MY
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES DO
SOMETHING.
>> STATE SENATOR GUTIERREZ HAS
SIGNED A LETTER ALONG WITH
OTHER TEXAS DEMOCRATS WHO ARE
ALL DEMANDING GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT INVOKE A SPECIAL SESSION
TO PASS STRICTER GUN LAWS.
HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WORKING ON A
FEDERAL GRANT TO GO TOWARDS