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 several shots into his classroom after being unable to enter. The door had been locked by his teacher, and the bullets fired struck the teacher in addition to a classmate.

Daniel survived by first "hiding under a table next to the wall." He said he may see the gunman via the door's window.

"I might nonetheless see his face," the boy said. "I might see him observing people in entrance of me."

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

Video taken from the surface of the college throughout the incident, obtained by ABC Information, contains what appears to be dispatch audio informing officers on scene a baby is calling 911 from a classroom.

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

The video indicates police at the scene have been informed at least one little one remained alive inside the school rooms.

CNN has not been able to independently verify the video/audio. The source of the video is unclear and it is unclear at what level within the incident the audio is heard. CNN has reached out to authorities to reply questions about this audio.

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw advised reporters Friday there were a minimum of eight 911 calls from a minimum of two separate callers from inside the varsity, protecting a span of nearly 50 minutes. The choice made on scene to deal with the incident like a barricaded suspect, reasonably than an active shooter, was "flawed," he mentioned.

Additionally on Monday, funeral providers for 2 victims are set to take place at native funeral houses. Visitation and Rosary for 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza will take place Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Funeral House, and services for 10-year-old Maite Yuleana Rodriguez will happen at Rushing Estes Knowles.

Legislation enforcement response known as into question

Alfred Garcia, whose daughter was killed in the shooting, advised CNN he was in "disbelief" over how much time elapsed during the shooting earlier than it ended and shared his frustration with authorities' response.

"It would not take a genius to determine that it simply took too lengthy to get in there and, you understand, had they gotten there sooner, and someone would have taken instant action, we'd have extra of those kids here right this moment, including my daughter," he mentioned.

Law enforcement officers in Texas are trained to intervene quickly, in keeping with energetic shooter pointers within the state's commission on legislation enforcement 2020 training handbook obtained by CNN. The handbook states an "officer's first precedence is to move in and confront the attacker."

"As first responders we should recognize that innocent life must be defended," it says. "A first responder unwilling to put the lives of the innocent above their very own security ought to take into account one other career area."

Seven officers arrived on the scene inside two minutes of the shooter firing within 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 said. Officers then stationed down the hallway.

The workforce then didn't breach the classroom for at the least one other 30 minutes, based on the timeline provided by DPS. A 911 call positioned at 12:16 p.m., in line with DPS, from a girl in one of many lecture rooms informed the operator eight or 9 students have been nonetheless alive.

The delayed police response in Uvalde runs contrary to well-established, generally taught lively shooter protocol established after the Columbine faculty taking pictures of 1999, specialists stated.

"Even underneath fire, officers are trained to go to that menace as a result of each second counts," mentioned Jonathan Wackrow, a CNN regulation enforcement analyst. "What we saw here was that delay cost kids their lives, full cease."

"The goal of the assessment is to provide an unbiased account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to establish classes discovered and greatest practices to help first responders put together for and respond to energetic shooter events," the DOJ mentioned in a press release Sunday.

The DOJ is expected to pick out somebody within the subsequent few days to steer the evaluate, according to two sources aware of the process. The Justice Department has historically relied on folks outdoors the DOJ with legislation enforcement expertise and on-the-ground expertise with mass-casualty occasions to conduct such reviews.

Biden hopeful 'rational' Republicans can comply with gun reform

"What kind of world are we residing in that laws was created for razing these faculties?" Gutierrez asked through the interview.

In response to Gutierrez, Biden also advised him, "I'm not going away ... I am gonna carry you assets ... look to getting real cash for psychological well being care." There is only one psychiatrist in Uvalde, according to the senator.

Biden voiced optimism on Monday sure "rational" Republicans could agree to some type of new gun restrictions.

"I think things have gotten so dangerous that everybody's getting more rational about it. At the least that is my hope and prayer," Biden told reporters on the White House.

Biden, in his most in depth feedback about gun management since final week's murders, stated he was limited in steps he may take alone.

"There's the Structure. I can't dictate these items. I can do the things I've achieved, and any govt motion I can take I am going to proceed to take. But I can not outlaw a weapon, I can't change the background checks. I am unable to do that," he mentioned.

Community comes collectively

In the wake of the shooting, an outpouring of help to those in the community is being provided.

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

On Thursday -- his thirty third birthday -- Hernandez determined to cook dinner for the neighborhood, whipping up favourite dishes, together with wings, mac-and-cheese and fried fish tacos.

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

"It's a real robust state of affairs, I am simply trying to show the children that they do have us as their spine and a help system," Hernandez told CNN. "We always present, whether or not there's an incident or no incident."

Elsewhere in Uvalde, the El Progreso Memorial Library has grow to be a spot of therapeutic.

On Wednesday, only a day after the shooting, kids's librarian Martha Carreon sat in entrance of rows of little faces, studying, singing, and guffawing with the children, taking them away to a safe place removed from the school the place many of them grew to become witness to horror.

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

Together with psychologists who might be obtainable each weekday for kids and adults to speak to, there can even be massage therapy practitioners, volunteers for arts and craft activities, pianists to play soothing music, and even magicians to hold professional magic exhibits.

"This is a robust group where we now have true care and concern for one another," Morgan mentioned. "Many, if not most right here, maintain fast to their faith believing in God, that good is stronger than evil and lightweight is stronger than dark."

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.