Newly launched video is elevating questions on legislation enforcement's response to the Could 24 faculty taking pictures at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde,Texas.
The video was launched on Tuesday by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE after a contentious battle by authorities officers who opposed releasing it.
The edited video reveals the shooter coming into the varsity, strolling down an empty hallway, and firing into lecture rooms.
It additionally reveals the primary moments closely armed police arrive on the faculty however fail to take down the shooter till an hour and 17 minutes after he entered.
The discharge of the video got here as a shock to the households of the 19 kids and two lecturers who have been killed in the course of the Robb Elementary College taking pictures. They have been speculated to privately view the video on Sunday.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin berated the media for sharing the leaked video in a Uvalde Metropolis Council Assembly.
"The best way that video was launched right this moment is among the most hen issues I've ever seen," he stated.
However some neighborhood members stated the criticism was misguided. Adam Martinez's son escaped the varsity in the course of the taking pictures. He known as the legislation enforcement response "a shame."
"It is like PTSD. You see 'em and also you simply need to go after them, you recognize? Anger. Rage. They're simply cowards. They should resign," Martinez stated.
Nicole Ogburn taught fourth grade at Robb Elementary College and advised CBS Information the gunman fired into her classroom from the car parking zone.
"There wasn't only one particular person failing us, it was a number of individuals. No person's ever gonna know what number of of these may've been saved," she stated.
The footage got here out as a number of households of the youngsters killed have been in Washington, D.C, advocating for gun reform.
A non-public screening of the video remains to be scheduled to happen, though some relations advised CBS Information' Lilia Luciano they'd no thought such an occasion was deliberate. Others stated they haven't any intention of watching the footage in any respect.