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2022-06-10T08:30:34.639Z


The New York Times published a review of documents from the investigation and videos of the authorities during the shooting at the Uvalde elementary school, revealing the actions of the agents during the shooting. 


Summary: Shooting in Uvalde, Texas, timeline of the massacre and testimonies 28:22

(CNN) --

Law enforcement officials at the scene of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting last month knew there were injured people trapped inside classrooms before authorities decided to force entry into the classrooms. classrooms, according to a New York Times review of investigative documents and video from authorities.

“People are going to ask why it took us so long,” a law enforcement officer could be heard saying at the scene of the shooting, according to The New York Times, which cited a transcript of police body camera footage.

"We are trying to preserve the rest of the lives," the transcript reads, according to the newspaper.

More than two weeks after the attack, questions remain about how the massacre unfolded and how the police responded.

Authorities have repeatedly changed their explanations for the events of May 24, frustrating both the public and officials.

"We're ready to go in, but that door is locked," Pedro "Pete" Arredondo, police chief for the Uvalde school district, said around 12:30 p.m., The New York Times reported, citing a transcript.

Arredondo has been identified by authorities as the officer who led the flawed police response to the shooting.

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The newspaper reported that the agents had grown impatient and were voicing their concerns.

"If there are children there, we have to go in," an officer was heard saying, according to the newspaper, citing investigative documents.

"Whoever is in charge will determine that," another agent replied, according to the newspaper.

  • A teacher injured in the Uvalde massacre recalls the horror inside the classroom where 11 students died

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This was the chronology of the massacre in Texas

According to CNN's timeline of events, the first officers entered the school building at approximately 11:35 am, moments after the 18-year-old shooter, who killed 19 young students and two female teachers that day.

At approximately 11:44 a.m., agents on the scene were calling for additional resources, equipment, bulletproof vests and negotiators and evacuating students and teachers, officials previously said.

By 12:03 pm, there were "as many as 19 officers" gathered in the school hallway, while the attacker was inside the adjoining classrooms where the massacre occurred.

At the same time, a student from inside one of the adjoining classrooms called 911 identifying herself and the classroom she was in, authorities said.

She called again at 12:13 pm and then again several minutes later, telling dispatchers eight to nine students were still alive, according to authorities.

Police breached the classroom door at 12:50 pm, using a janitor's keys, and shot and killed the suspect.

At a press conference on May 27, Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw said the classroom was not immediately breached because incident commander Arredondo thought the scene was a " entrenched subject situation" and not an active attacker situation.

He said the district police chief believed "there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a properly equipped tactical group to come forward, break down the door and take care of the subject."

"In hindsight, where I'm sitting right now, of course it wasn't the right call," McCraw said at the time of the supervisor's call not to confront the shooter.

"It was the wrong call. Period. There's no excuse for that."

CNN has reached out to DPS and Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee's office for comment.

  • Timeline of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas: two hours of violence

Ex-police analyzes the actions of agents in the shooting of Uvalde 2:26

More investigations into the shooting and officials

In an attempt to get more answers about the tragedy, a Texas House of Representatives investigative committee held its first hearing on the mission Thursday and could produce a preliminary report by the end of the month.

A source close to the commission said the report is expected to focus only on the facts and include a chronological sequence of events, a timeline and details about the attacker.

The commission is quasi-judicial and has subpoena power, and all witness testimony will be under oath, the source said.

The Texas Rangers, an investigative arm of the state Department of Public Safety, are also investigating the massacre and law enforcement response.

The US Department of Justice is also reviewing the law enforcement response at the request of Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin.

In a statement Thursday in response to The New York Times article, Texas Governor Greg Abbott's press secretary, Renae Eze, said, "Investigations by the Texas Rangers and the FBI are ongoing, and We hope that the full results will be shared with the families of the victims and the public, who deserve the full truth of what happened on that tragic day."

-- CNN's Christina Maxouris and Rosa Flores contributed to this report.

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Source: cnnespanol

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