Well today the State House committee
investigating the shooting said that
a 77 minute surveillance video is
going to be shown in Uvalde and then
released publicly this coming Sunday.
No state law has prevented
the release of that video.
Our partners at KVUE TV in Austin have
obtained a copy of that video now and
after thorough editorial discussion, we
have decided to show portions of that video.
Because this is public record.
It helps all of us to understand
what exactly happened inside
Rob Elementary School that day.
It provides more context,
but of course not all context.
The video we we should say here
is difficult to watch obviously,
especially knowing what happened that day,
you will see the influx of law
enforcement officers into the school,
which should have enabled quicker action.
You will also hear some of
the shots fired by the gunman,
but we have taken very careful
steps here not to show any.
Especially graphic images,
though it hasn't been released
to the victims families yet.
The transparency and the accountability
that this video provides weighs
heavily in favor of showing it to you
now our aerial placencia is joining
us now this afternoon to walk us
through what this video shows and
what it means for the investigation.
Ariel
yeah Jason, we believe this video will
provide transparency and more insight
into what happened that day this evening.
We are going to play four clips of video.
And we want to be clear the video
has been edited so you will not
hear screaming from the classrooms.
You will not see any injured children.
You will, however, hear gunshots now.
This first video is one
of the toughest to watch.
You're about to see an elementary
school student,
but this student is not physically harmed.
This is the moment the shooter
enters the school and walks down
the hallway behind the shooter.
A child will approach that same
hallway and then you will hear
the shooter fired several shots
in the opposite direction.
As the child turns and runs away,
the time is 1133 AM.
Now this next video begins roughly
3 minutes after what you just saw.
You will not see the shooter.
It's just as officers arrive
with at least one rifle and
try to confront the shooter.
You will see them come into
the frame at 11:36 AM,
but they will retreat back to the
end of the hallway after hearing
gunfire and they will stay there.
For the next 45 minutes.
Hey.
Dinner.
Now this video is a timelapse of a 45 minute
clip from 11:37 AM to 12:22 PM real time.
You will see officers gathered at the
end of the hallway as more and more
manpower as well as equipment arrives.
Now there is more footage
of officers and equipment.
Arriving and staging in that hallway,
but for the next video we are about
to show you the time is now 12:50 PM.
That's about an hour and 15 minutes
after the first officers were
seen on video in the hallway,
officers move into the classroom
and take out the shooter and in
this video you can see just how many
officers there are in the hallway
when the gunman is taken down.
Again, Governor Greg Abbott and
many in the Uvalde community have
called for the release of this video.
DBS's investigation, I should say,
continues into what happened that day, Jason.
His gut wrenching to watch for sure Ariel,
but again, this is intended to
bring about that transparency
that we've been talking about.
There is obviously a lot
to take in with this video.
We want you to be sure to stay with
W FAA throughout this evening.
We're going to be working to give you
the full context of these videos.
We've also got a full write up at wfa.com.