A 9-year-old describes escaping by a window as anger mounts over law enforcement’s response in Uvalde

Daniel, 9, alongside his mother, Briana Ruiz, informed CNN the gunman fired a number of pictures into his classroom after being unable to enter. The door had been locked by his teacher, and the bullets fired struck the trainer as well as a classmate.

Daniel survived by first "hiding below a desk next to the wall." He mentioned he might see the gunman by the door's window.

"I might nonetheless see his face," the boy said. "I could see him staring at folks in front of me."

Daniel later climbed out of a broken window to flee, chopping his hand on some glass, he said, and the 2 individuals injured in his class would survive.

Video taken from the skin of the varsity during the incident, obtained by ABC News, consists of what seems to be dispatch audio informing officers on scene a toddler is calling 911 from a classroom.

"Advise we do have a toddler on the road," the dispatcher says. "Baby is advising he's in the room filled with victims."

The video indicates police on the scene were informed not less than one little one remained alive inside the school rooms.

CNN has not been in a position to independently confirm the video/audio. The supply of the video is unclear and it's unclear at what level in the incident the audio is heard. CNN has reached out to authorities to reply questions on this audio.

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw told reporters Friday there were at the very least eight 911 calls from at the least two separate callers from inside the school, masking a span of nearly 50 minutes. The decision made on scene to deal with the incident like a barricaded suspect, slightly than an energetic shooter, was "flawed," he stated.

Also on Monday, funeral companies for two victims are set to happen at native funeral properties. Visitation and Rosary for 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza will happen Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home, and services for 10-year-old Maite Yuleana Rodriguez will happen at Rushing Estes Knowles.

Legislation enforcement response called into question

Alfred Garcia, whose daughter was killed in the shooting, instructed CNN he was in "disbelief" over how a lot time elapsed through the taking pictures earlier than it ended and shared his frustration with authorities' response.

"It doesn't take a genius to figure out that it simply took too long to get in there and, you know, had they gotten there sooner, and someone would have taken quick action, we'd have more of these children right here right now, together with my daughter," he mentioned.

Legislation enforcement officers in Texas are skilled to intervene rapidly, in accordance with active shooter pointers in the state's commission on regulation enforcement 2020 training guide obtained by CNN. The handbook states an "officer's first precedence is to move in and confront the attacker."

"As first responders we should acknowledge that harmless life have to be defended," it says. "A first responder unwilling to put the lives of the harmless above their very own safety ought to think about one other career field."

Seven officers arrived on the scene within two minutes of the shooter firing in the classroom. Three officers approached the locked classroom the place the gunman was, and two officers suffered graze wounds from bullets fired from behind the door, DPS stated. Officers then stationed down the hallway.

The crew then didn't breach the classroom for not less than one other half-hour, based on the timeline provided by DPS. A 911 name positioned at 12:16 p.m., according to DPS, from a girl in one of many school rooms advised the operator eight or 9 college students had been still alive.

The delayed police response in Uvalde runs opposite to well-established, commonly taught lively shooter protocol established after the Columbine college capturing of 1999, specialists stated.

"Even beneath fireplace, officers are trained to go to that menace as a result of every second counts," mentioned Jonathan Wackrow, a CNN legislation enforcement analyst. "What we noticed here was that delay price kids their lives, full stop."

"The objective of the review is to supply an impartial account of legislation enforcement actions and responses that day, and to determine lessons discovered and greatest practices to assist first responders put together for and reply to lively shooter events," the DOJ said in a statement Sunday.

The DOJ is anticipated to select somebody within the subsequent few days to steer the overview, according to two sources accustomed to the process. The Justice Department has historically relied on folks outside the DOJ with legislation enforcement experience and on-the-ground experience with mass-casualty events to conduct such critiques.

Biden hopeful 'rational' Republicans can comply with gun reform

"What kind of world are we dwelling in that laws was created for razing these schools?" Gutierrez requested during the interview.

In response to Gutierrez, Biden additionally informed him, "I am not going away ... I am gonna bring you resources ... look to getting actual money for psychological health care." There is just one psychiatrist in Uvalde, according to the senator.

Biden voiced optimism on Monday certain "rational" Republicans might conform to some type of latest gun restrictions.

"I feel things have gotten so unhealthy that everybody's getting more rational about it. A minimum of that is my hope and prayer," Biden told reporters on the White House.

Biden, in his most intensive comments about gun control since last week's murders, stated he was limited in steps he may take alone.

"There's the Constitution. I can't dictate this stuff. I can do the issues I've accomplished, and any govt action I can take I'll continue to take. But I can not outlaw a weapon, I can't change the background checks. I am unable to do this," he mentioned.

Group comes collectively

In the wake of the capturing, an outpouring of support to those in the community is being provided.

Carlos Hernandez, whose restaurant is a mile from Robb Elementary, wrote on Facebook hours after the shooting, "There is not any attainable method I can open my kitchen with a damaged coronary heart and have fun doing it."

On Thursday -- his 33rd birthday -- Hernandez decided to prepare dinner for the group, whipping up favourite dishes, including wings, mac-and-cheese and fried fish tacos.

Within two hours, Hernandez had given away more than 60 family-sized platters to feed mourning households and neighbors who are still studying how to cope with the tragedy inflicted on their tight-knit community.

"It is an actual robust scenario, I'm just trying to show the kids that they do have us as their spine and a help system," Hernandez informed CNN. "We always provide, whether there may be an incident or no incident."

Elsewhere in Uvalde, the El Progreso Memorial Library has change into a place of therapeutic.

On Wednesday, only a day after the capturing, kids's librarian Martha Carreon sat in entrance of rows of little faces, reading, singing, and laughing with the kids, taking them away to a secure place far from the school the place a lot of them grew to become witness to horror.

"We wish our constructing to be a protected area, a refuge that could be a quiet, calm and cool haven," El Progreso Memorial Library director Mendell Morgan informed CNN.

Along with psychologists who will probably be available each weekday for kids and adults to speak to, there may even be massage remedy practitioners, volunteers for arts and craft activities, pianists to play soothing music, and even magicians to hold professional magic reveals.

"This can be a sturdy group where we've got true care and concern for each other," Morgan mentioned. "Many, if not most right here, maintain quick to their religion believing in God, that good is stronger than evil and light-weight is stronger than darkish."

CNN's Alaa Elassar, Ed Lavandera, Amanda Watts, Hannah Sarisohn, Eric Levenson, Virginia Langmaid, Paula Reid, Priscilla Alvarez, Whitney Wild, Paula Reid, Jennifer Henderson, Emma Tucker, Christina Maxouris, Holly Yan and Aya Elamroussi contributed to this report.