>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. ♪
NEWSFOURJAX. ♪ >> HEARTBREAKING 9-1-1, CALLS
FROM 4TH GRADERS TRAPPED
INSIDE THEIR CLASSROOMS AS AN
18 YEAR-OLD GUNMAN KILLED
THEIR CLASSMATES. SHE S 9-1-1,
TO POLICE AND THE PLACE NOW.
♪
AND TEXAS OFFICIALS RESPONDING
TO THE QUESTIONS ON EVERYONE’S
MIND. WHY DID POLICE WAIT? 48
MINUTES, THE STOP. THE GUNMAN
WHO WAS SHOOTING UP TO
CLASSROOMS THE WRONG. THIS IS
VERY
>> THE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
SPOKE FOR ALMOST AN HOUR THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> GIVING MINUTE BY MINUTE
DETAILS OF TUESDAY’S
DEVASTATING SCHOOL SHOOTING IN
UVALDE. WE LEARNED POLICE WERE
ON THE SCENE ALMOST
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GUNMEN
ARRIVED. BUT MISCOMMUNICATION
LED 19 POLICE OFFICERS TO WAIT
IN A HALLWAY AT ROBB
ELEMENTARY HAS 19 CHILDREN AND
2 TEACHERS WERE SHOT AND
KILLED.
>> ALL 21 VICTIMS HAVE NOW
BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THEIR
FAMILIES. AND JUSTICE. AND JIM
PIGGOTT WILL JOIN US IN A FEW
MINUTES WITH A LOOK AT THE
GUNMAN’S SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
AND A LOOK AT LOCAL SCHOOL
SAFETY MEASURES. BUT WE BEGIN
WITH TARIK MINOR TART. THERE
ARE SEVERAL POWERING
REVELATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY NEWS CONFERENCE THIS
AFTERNOON. A LOT OF NEW
INFORMATION, JOY, WE FOUND OUT
THAT THE SHOOTER, SALVADOR
RAMOS AND PURCHASE MORE THAN
>> 1600 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION.
HE HAD 60 MAGAZINES TOTAL. HE
FIRED MORE THAN 100 SHOTS AS
SOON AS IT GOT INTO THE
SCHOOL. AND IN SPITE OF THOSE
9-1-1, CALLS FOR HELP FROM
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. POLICE
WAITED A WHOLE 48 MINUTES IN
THE SCHOOL’S HALLWAY BEFORE
GOING IN THE CLASSROOM AND
KILLING THE GUNMAN.
>> THIS IS THE MAN WHO MADE
THE DECISION TO HAVE OFFICERS
WAIT IN THE HALLWAY AND NOT
GOING TO TO CLASSROOMS WHERE A
GUNMAN KILLED. 21 STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS. HE’S THE HEAD OF
UVALDE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE.
HE WANTED TO WAIT FOR MORE
TACTICAL EQUIPMENT AND THOUGHT
THE RISKS TO STUDENTS WAS OVER
AND THEY WERE ONLY DEALING
WITH THE BARRICADED PERSON.
COLONEL STEVEN MCGRAW WITH
TEXAS’S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY SAYS EVERY EFFORT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO SAVE
LIVES. PROTECT US IN BRACES.
>> ACTIVE SHOOTER, TRAINING,
ACTIVE SHOOTER CERTIFICATION
AND THAT THAT DOG, THAT
DOCTRINE REQUIRES OFFICE WILL
CURE. WHAT AGENTS HEAR FROM.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LEADER ON
THE SCENE. EVERY OFFICER LANDS
UP STACKS UP, GOES IN FINES
WITH THOSE ROUNDS ARE BEING
FIRED AT AND KEEP SHOOTING
UNTIL THE SUBJECT IS DEAD,
PERIOD. IT ALL STARTED AT
11:27AM. WHEN A TEACHER
PROPPED OPEN THE DOOR TO THE
SCHOOL.
>> THE SAME DOOR, 18 YEAR-OLD
SALVADOR RAMOS WALKED THROUGH
MINUTES LATER. 28 RAMOS
CRASHED HIS VEHICLE NEAR THE
SCHOOL AND STARTED SHOOTING IT
WITNESSES BEFORE GETTING ON
SCHOOL PROPERTY. POLICE SAY
RAMOS WHO WAS HEAVILY ARMED,
FIRED INTO CLASSROOMS FROM
OUTSIDE BEFORE GAINING ACCESS
THROUGH THE UNLOCKED DOOR AT
11:33AM. WITH NO RESISTANCE
INSIDE. HE IMMEDIATELY FIRED
MORE THAN 100 ROUNDS INTO 2
CLASSROOMS BEFORE HIS FIRST
ENCOUNTER WITH THE FIRST
RESPONDING OFFICERS INSIDE THE
SCHOOL. 7 LOCAL POLICE
OFFICERS WERE ON SCENE RAMOS
SHOT AT THEM, GRAZING 2 OF
THEM AT 12:00:03PM. THERE WERE
AS MANY AS 19 POLICE OFFICERS
IN THE HALLWAY. THOSE 19
OFFICER STAY THERE FOR 48
MINUTES AT THE SCHOOL POLICE
CHIEFS COMMAND DURING THAT
TIME FRAME STUDENTS IN THE
CLASSROOM OR CALLING 9, 1, 1,
1, FEMALE STUDENT CALLED 4
TIMES IN 13 MINUTES WITH
SPRING THAT 8 TO 9 STUDENTS
WERE STILL ALIVE AND MULTIPLE
OTHERS WERE DEAD. THEY.
>> ADDITIONAL CALLER CALL BACK
STUDENT CHILD. GO BACK. WE’RE
TOLD US DOWN THE LINE TO BE
VERY QUIET. SHE TOLD ON ONE
THAT HE SHOT THE DOOR PROPER
12. 43 AND 12. 47. SHE S
9-1-1, TO POLICE AND THE PLACE
NOW.
>> AGAIN, THE SCHOOL POLICE
CHIEF SAID HE THOUGHT THERE
WAS NO RISK TO OTHER CHILDREN
IN, QUOTE, THOUGHT WE HAD
TIME. PARENTS WERE SEEN
OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL BEGGING FOR
POLICE TO TAKE THE GUNMAN
DOWN. THE SUSPECT WAS ON THE
CAMPUS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND
20 MINUTES FOR THE BENEFIT OF
HINDSIGHT I’M SITTING NOW.
>> THAT, OF COURSE IT WAS NOT
THE RIGHT DECISION WAS A WRONG
DECISION. VERY THERE’S NO NO
EXCUSE FOR THAT.
>> WE ALSO RECEIVED
INFORMATION THAT THE SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICER WAS OFF
CAMPUS WHEN RAMOS ARRIVED. AND
WHEN THE FIRST 9-1-1 CALL CAME
IN ABOUT THE SHOOTER, THIS
ARMED RESOURCE OFFICER. HURRY
BACK TO THE CAMPUS. BUT HE
DROVE PAST RAMOS WAS IN THE
PARKING LOT, HIDING BEHIND A
CAR THAT ARMED RESOURCE
OFFICER WAS HEADING TOWARD A
PERSON HE THOUGHT WAS THE