BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST OF A LIST OF DECEASED. NOW, SHORTLY LIVE IN UVALDE. I’M GARRETT
BRNGER KSAT. 12 NEWS.
THANK YOU. GARRET FOR PATIENTS
WERE BROUGHT TO SAN ANTONIO.
THEY’RE BEING TREATED AT
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.
>> A 9 YEAR-OLD IS NOW BEING
TREATED HERE OFF. OFFICIALS SAY
A 10 YEAR-OLD GIRL AND A 66
YEAR-OLD WOMAN ARE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION. WE’RE TOLD THAT 9
YEAR-OLD IS IN FAIR CONDITION.
ANOTHER 10 YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS
ALSO TAKEN TO UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL. SHE’S LISTED IN GOOD
CONDITION TONIGHT. NOW WE
HAVEN’T BEEN GIVEN AN EXACT
NUMBER OF THE OF THOSE INJURED
IN THE SHOOTING. SOME WERE
ACTUALLY TAKEN TO MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL IN NEW VALLEY. AND
THAT IS WHERE HE MINUTES JOINS
US LIVE TONIGHT. SO, YOU’VE
BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS
NOW. WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING?
>> YOU KNOW, FIRST, I’M JUST
GOING TO START WITH DESCRIBING
WHAT IT’S LIKE OUT HERE RIGHT
NOW. IT IS EERILY QUIET OUTSIDE
OF UVALDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
THIS IS WHERE MOST OF THE
VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO BE
TREATED FOR THE INJURIES,
INCLUDING SOME OF THE DECEASED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE GOT HERE 2
HOURS AGO, AS YOU JUST SAID,
AND RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET
FROM WHERE WE’RE STANDING RIGHT
NOW, I JUST WANT MY
PHOTOGRAPHER TO SHOW YOU WITH
THE LAY OF THE LAND. HERE IS
LIKE THERE’S SOME BENCHES THERE
THAT YOU SEE WHEN WE GOT HERE.
THERE WERE 7 PEOPLE SITTING
DOWN ON THOSE BENCHES, 3 OF
THEM CAME UP TO ME AND TO THAT
THEY WERE FAMILY MEMBERS OF ONE
OF THE CHILDREN. ONE OF THE
19 CHILDREN WHO WAS SHOT AND
KILLED AT ROB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TODAY. 2 OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT
WE SPOKE WITH WERE
GRANDPARENTS. AND YOU CAN JUST
TELL HOW HURT THEY WERE THERE.
JUST TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF
THIS. THEY JUST THEY JUST
SEEMED NOM THEY’RE TRYING TO
KIND OF PIECE TOGETHER WHAT
HAPPENED. THEY BUT THEY DID
TELL US THAT THEIR GRANDSON
WAS A 10 YEAR-OLD BOY IN THE
4TH GRADE. AND THE REASON THAT
THEY WERE SITTING OUTSIDE IS
BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO
GIVE THEIR DAUGHTER WHO IS THE
MOTHER OF THAT BOY, SOME SPACE.
THEY TOLD US THAT SHE WAS
UNDERSTANDABLY HEARTBROKEN
TONIGHT.
NOW WE ALSO SPOKE WITH ANOTHER
MAN HERE AT THE SCENE. HE’S A
PASTOR. HE TOLD US HE IS THE
PASTOR OF THAT FAMILY THAT WE
JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT AND BEING
THAT HE’S A MAN OF THE CLOTH.
WE HAD TO ASK HIM WHAT IS HIS
MESSAGE FOR COMFORTING THE
FAMILIES OF VICTIMS TONIGHT.
HERE’S WHAT HE TOLD US. WE
OFFER HOPE.
>> THERE’S BEEN MANY OF US HAVE
LOST LOVED ONES AS WELL AS
CHILDREN.
AND SO WE COME TO OFFER HOLD ME
ON THAT. BUT ALSO AT THE TIME
TO REALLY LET THEM KNOW HOW
MUCH WE CARE AND THAT WE LOVE
THEM TO BE OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR
THEM IN EVERY WAY.
>> THE REALLY THE WAY THAT THIS
COMMUNITY HERE IS HANDLING
THINGS. WHAT WE’RE SEEING
TONIGHT IS THIS COMMUNITY AS
WELL AS THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES HERE REALLY PULLING
TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN
OUT HERE SINCE THIS AFTERNOON
AND WE HAVE SEEN POLICE
OFFICERS FROM DIFFERENT
DEPARTMENTS GOING UP TO EACH
OTHER, HUGGING EACH OTHER.
PEOPLE WALKING WALKING ALONG
THE STREET, HUGGING EACH OTHER,
JUST GIVING THEMSELVES A LITTLE
BIT OF COMFORT BECAUSE THAT’S
WHAT YOU NEED TO GET THROUGH.
MOMENTS LIKE THIS. AND SPEAKING
OF THAT, WE KNOW THAT THERE
THERE WAS A SMALL VIGIL THAT
WAS HELD HERE TONIGHT. AND
THERE IS ALSO GOING TO BE
ANOTHER LARGER COMMUNITY VIGIL
THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE
TOMORROW. BUT AT THIS MOMENT,
WE STILL DON’T KNOW HOW MANY
PEOPLE ARE BEING TREATED HERE.
UVALDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
TONIGHT. THAT IS INFORMATION
THAT WE’RE HOPING TO GET FOR.
YOU IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
FOR NOW, WE’RE LIVE HERE
OUTSIDE OF UVALDE MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL STEPHANIA, HUMID.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
STEPHANIE. WE LOST YOUR AUDIO
THERE AT THE END, BUT THANK YOU
FOR THAT REPORT. NOW, SAN
ANTONIO POLICE LENDING THEIR
RESOURCES IN THE INTENSE
MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE
CAPTURE. THE ATTEMPTED CAPTURE
OF THE SCHOOL SHOOTER. SAPD DID
SEND OVER TO EAGLE HELICOPTER
AND BOMB SQUAD TO HELP OUT
UVALDE POLICE TODAY.
>> ALONG WITH LOCAL CRIME SCENE
INVESTIGATORS. THEY’RE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE TEXAS RANGERS
HERE TO TURN OVER ANYTHING TO
HELP US UNCOVER. WHY THIS
TRAGEDY HAPPENED.
>> JUST LIKE MOST OF US WHO
HAVE CHILDREN. FIRST THING WE
DO, WE GO HOME AS WE AND OUR
CHILDREN. I DID THAT TONIGHT.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER
THAT TIME. THERE’S A WHOLE
COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE OVER THERE
THAT THAT ARE ARE TRYING TO
DO THAT AND MANY CANNOT.
>> WE HAVE TO FOLKS TO GRACE
AND UNDERSTANDING TO KNOW WHERE
THEY ARE. AND THE MOURNING
PROCESS.
>> SAN ANTONIO CERTAINLY TRYING
TO WRAP ITS ARMS AROUND YOU
VALLEY AND ALL THE PEOPLE DOWN
THERE THAT ARE HURTING MAYOR
NIRENBERG ASKING SAN ANTONIO
RESIDENTS TO FLY THEIR FLAGS
AT HALF-STAFF TO HONOR THE
VICTIMS AND THE FAMILIES
AFFECTED BY THIS MASS SHOOTING.
IN MORE ON HOW SAN ANTONIO’S
TURNED OUT IN A BIG WAY.
COMING UP A LITTLE LATER IN
THE SHOW, OUR COVERAGE OF THE
MASSACRE AT ROBIN LIM ENTRY NOW
CONTINUES, THOUGH. AND THE
NIGHT TEAM’S LEIGH WALDMAN IS
AT THE CIVIC CENTER THERE IN
UVALDE HAS BECOME AN AREA THAT
REALLY HAS BEEN A MAKESHIFT
MEETING PLACE.
>> A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO MOURN
TOGETHER. IT IS SIMPLY TO BE
TOGETHER IN THE HOURS SINCE
THIS HAPPENED. AND LEE WERE
ACTUALLY LEARNING ANOTHER
GUT-WRENCHING DETAIL OF ALL
OF THIS. WE UNDERSTAND THE
PARENTS THERE ARE BEING ASKED
TO GIVE DNA. IN WHAT PROCESS.
>> THE DNA THAT’S BEING
COLLECTED BY THESE FAMILIES WHO
WERE OCCUPYING THIS LAWN BEHIND
IT’S BEING USED FOR THE
IDENTIFICATION PROCESS, WHICH
IS JUST ANOTHER DETAIL THAT
JUST TAKES YOUR TAKES YOUR
BREATH AWAY WITH THIS WHOLE
SITUATION HERE. THIS CIVIC
CENTER. WE’VE BEEN HERE SINCE
JUST AFTER 2 O’CLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON AND IT HAS
TRANSFORMED DURING THAT TIME IN
8 HOURS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HERE.
AT FIRST, IT WAS A
REUNIFICATION CENTER. FAMILIES
HEADING HERE TO PICK UP THEIR
CHILDREN. IT WAS THEN TURNED
INTO A NOTIFICATION CENTER.
SO MANY OF THESE FAMILIES THAT
WERE SITTING HERE BEFORE WERE
DESPERATELY WAITING FOR ANY
INFORMATION THAT THEY COULD GET
ON THEIR CHILDREN. THEY SAY
THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHERE THEIR
CHILDREN WERE. UNFORTUNATELY,
JUST BEFORE WE CAME ON, YOU
COULD HEAR SCREAMS AND CRYING
INSIDE OF THE CIVIC CENTER ALL
THE WAY OUT HERE NEARLY ON
UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE
SOME FAMILIES ARE GETTING THAT
NEWS. THEY DIDN’T WANT TO
RECEIVE THIS EVENING. THIS HAS
BEEN HAPPENING THROUGHOUT.
>> ON TO ONE ANOTHER, CARRYING
THEM OUT TO THEIR CAR AS THEY
CRIED AS THEY TALKED ON THE
PHONE AS THEY HELD ON TO
OTHERS. I SPOKE WITH 2 FATHERS
THIS EVENING AND BOTH HAD A
VERY SIMILAR STORY FOR US.
THEIR FATHERS OF 10 YEAR-OLD
GIRLS, ONE OF THEIR DAUGHTER’S
NAME. ANNABEL OTHERS IS A
MURRAY. NEITHER HAD ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THEIR
DAUGHTERS WERE OR EVEN IF THEY
WERE OK, THEY SAY THAT HAS BEEN
THE WORST PART.
>> OF ALL OF THIS.
>> THESE PARENTS ARE NOT HERE
AND THEY HAVE THEIR KIDS AND
THEIR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.
KNOW IF MY KID WAS WITH ME ID
AT HOME RIGHT NOW, I’M HERE
BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS
INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT AT
SOMETHING HAPPENS. WE DON’T
KNOW HER STATUS, MORE SICK TO
MY SICK TO MY
>> I DON’T KNOW NOTHING BAD.
HE WOULD.
THAT IS THE REASON THAT I MEAN,
THAT’S NOT MY GOAL.
>> AND OBVIOUSLY WE’RE GIVING
THOSE 2 FATHERS THEIR SPACE
TONIGHT. WE DIDN’T WANT TO TO
TRY AND TALK TO THEM AGAIN.
BUT WE DID SEE ONE OF THOSE
FATHERS GOING TO THE CENTER
SHORTLY AFTER THEY THEY CAME
OUT HOLDING THEIR LOVED ONES
AND THEY WERE CRYING. AND THAT
JUST SEEMS TO BE THE REPEATED
STORY OF WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE
AS FAMILIES GO INSIDE. THEY
GIVE A DNA SAMPLE AND THEN A
LOT OF THEM ARE JUST GETTING
THE WORSE NEWS HE WOULD EVER
IMAGINE. IT IS. SO YOU’RE
REALLY QUIET EXCEPT FOR THE
SOUNDS OF OTHER REPORTERS.
OTHER VEHICLES HERE AND
OCCASIONALLY THE SOUNDS OF
SCREAMING CRYING MOMS AND DADS
WHO DESPERATELY WANT THEIR
CHILDREN BACK.
WHY THE BODY? WE WELCOME AN
KSAT, 12 THINGS. YOU WOULDN’T
HEAR THAT FATHER SAY NOT MY
GIRL.
>> THAT HIT YOU. THANK YOU.
>> WE NOW KNOW THE IDENTITY OF
ONE OF THE 19 CHILDREN KILLED
AT ROBIN LIM ENTRY. WE’RE GOING
TO FOCUS ON THE VICTIMS.
THE LIVES LOST HERE. MORE THEN
THAT GUNMAN WHO WAS A COWARD IN
ALL OF THIS. ABC NEWS CONFIRMS
THAT 10 YEAR-OLD XAVIER LOPEZ
WAS A 4TH GRADER AT THE SCHOOL
WHO WAS KILLED. A FAMILY MEMBER
TELLING ABC NEWS TONIGHT THAT
HIS MOTHER WAS THERE FOR AN
AWARDS CEREMONY EARLIER IN THE