Nikki and Brett Cross are nonetheless in disbelief after 10-year-old Uziyah Garcia was among the many 19 youngsters and two adults who had been killed within the Could 24 bloodbath at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas. He was their nephew who lived with them, they usually thought of him to be their son.
On Sunday, Texas lawmakers launched a report that discovered "systematic failures and egregious poor resolution making" contributed to the failures within the Uvalde capturing response.
The Crosses instructed CBS Information' Lilia Luciano that they really feel that failures highlighted within the report contributed to the dying of Uziyah.
"The police failed us. The varsity system failed us. These failures costed our son his life," Brett Cross mentioned.
A number of police physique digicam and faculty safety digicam footage from the capturing was launched following the report. Brett Cross mentioned watching the footage was the "worst factor" he has seen in his total life.
"We should not have needed to have 21 funerals. We should always have been having a parade for the fallen heroes that took care of our infants," he mentioned.
After studying a number of the almost 80-page report highlighting inaction and confusion by an armed drive of virtually 400 responding officers, the Crosses are calling for accountability.
"I am glad that it is popping out in order that we are able to see all of the failures, however I do not know if it should assist as a result of no one is taking accountability," Brett Cross mentioned.
Nikki Cross tearfully recounted how Uziyah needed to grow to be a police officer earlier than he was killed.
"He needed to be the one factor that failed him," she mentioned.
To honor Uziyah, the Crosses made a memorial at house constructed with a few of his favourite issues, together with a water bottle that was returned to them by the varsity and had markings of the capturing.
"I do not assume we ever get out of the sensation that this might simply be a foul dream that we're having and that tomorrow I'll get up and it isn't going to be true," Nikki Cross mentioned.