He said he had released the material despite instructions from the district attorney Christina Mitchell Basby’s office, which is leading the response investigation.
CNN confirmed that families of the dead and injured were offered the opportunity to watch the video. They criticized how long it would take for the shooter to stop, 77 minutes after the officer first entered school, despite the training of the shooter to confront the shooter to “stop the killing.” It was a target.
Desperate rescue and frustrating delay
CNN has been watching body camera footage for hours, including revealing a new view from Uvalde Police Sgt. Daniel Coronado, who first appeared at 11:35 am local time, and UPD Officer Justin Mendoza.
Coronado shouts, “Fire!” He rushes to school and hits a corridor that looks like it’s full of smoke with gunshots. Apparently more shots are heard when the policeman approaches the classroom and is fired.
Coronado retreats outside and at 11:39 am identifies the shooter as a “male subject with AR” and calls out “we have contained him.” He demands equipment.
Coronado tells the other responders who arrive “there are a lot of officers” and tells them to start controlling the crowd in the hope that their worried parents will soon come to school.
When police officers gather outside the school entrance, they hear a voice saying, “The principal was there and now the principal is in charge.”
A few minutes later, you will receive a message that the children are in school and are about to evacuate.
Officers run around the other side of the school building, calling on the people inside to open the windows and finding something to break.
Responders cover the jagged glass with a sheet and use something that looks like a bulletproof vest to help the kids get out.
“Children are coming out! Children are coming out!” Shouts one officer.
“Go! Go! Go!” Another person encourages the children.
“We need to get these kids out of here. They’re scary, guys,” the camera picks up. “We had to get rid of them from it. We don’t know what will happen to f ** k after this.”
After some classrooms are cleared, Coronado returns inside and Pedro “Pete” Aledondo, the school district’s police chief, tells the police where they can be placed. Coronado leaves it to Aledondo to ask if there is a way to enter the classroom and offers to “break the window.”
At 12:11 pm, more than 30 minutes after dozens of bullets were fired, someone called on the shooter to surrender in English and Spanish, including the first responder who first approached the classroom.
“This can still be peaceful,” says the man.
At the same time, a body camera from Mendoza at the end of the hall shows an officer who knows that BORTAC (Border Guard’s quick response team) is still 30 separated.
At 12:11 pm, you can hear the dispatchers line up from “Room 12” talking about “a room full of victims”.
It was communicated to Uvalde PD Chief Deputy on-site, and Lieutenant Mariano Pargas made no audible comments.
Just outside the hallway, a policeman in black uniform says, “If you want to start taking your kid out, you can start jumping,” but what he’s saying and what happened next. Is not clear. Mendoza returns to the corridor and continues to her acting Chief Pargus.
On Sunday, the city of Juvarde will see if Pargas is responsible for taking command on May 24, what concrete actions Pargas has taken to establish its command, and whether it is feasible. Announced that he was on leave to investigate. Given all the institutions involved and other possible policy violations. ”
CNN is asking Pargas for comment and has not yet received an answer.
Preparing to confront the gunman
Gas and flash bang grenade canisters arrive at the scene, but they need to be tidied up and there is no out-of-the-box gas mask.
Near the classroom, there was no response to outreach, and a few minutes later, Aledondo was seen tinkering with a bunch of keys trying to open the hallway door. Another policeman tries the key and tries to pry the door open. It stays closed.
At 12:34 pm, with the man still trying a bunch of keys to open the door, the officer talks about the lack of “visual” (how to see) in the classroom.
When someone asks if there is anyone in the room with the shooter, Aledondo and Coronado both make sure they believe there are casualties.
The new video violates for minutes as more and more officers come in and grasp the situation, standing in a hallway adorned with giant colorful “Congratulations” signs for children’s work and the end. Shows preparation for a close-up of the grade.
At 12:49 pm, helicopters are advised to continue to monitor in case the shooter attempts to pass through the roof from the ceiling.
Coronado’s body camera captures a policeman talking about a fiery smell, but everything looks quiet around Aledondo.
The video does not show a classroom door breach, a confrontation and murder with a gunner, or a horrifying scene in the classroom.
CNN told his family on Sunday that Pargas had been shut down.
“Enough”
Body camera footage and other evidence have been officially obtained since the May 24 massacre, but no information has been disclosed.
Mayor McLaughlin told CNN on Sunday that he and others were told by the district attorney to not release anything “from day one”, but thought it was no longer applicable, especially given the leak of corridor surveillance. ..
“I’m tired of my family being abandoned,” he said.
“The family is already suffering more than anyone else because they have lost their children, and they are slapped every time, enough,” he continued.
“We asked for transparency. We asked for it from research. We don’t think we’re getting it yet, but at least we’ve released whatever we have and Transparent. “
Uvalde County prosecutor Basby said in a statement last month that “the release of records of the case at this time would hinder ongoing investigations and prevent a thorough and complete investigation.”
Source: www.cnn.com
