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 trainer in addition to a classmate.

Daniel survived by first "hiding beneath a table subsequent to the wall." He stated he may see the gunman via the door's window.

"I may still see his face," the boy mentioned. "I might see him looking at individuals in front of me."

Daniel later climbed out of a broken window to escape, slicing his hand on some glass, he mentioned, and the 2 people injured in his class would survive.

Video taken from the outside of the school during the incident, obtained by ABC Information, includes what appears to be dispatch audio informing officers on scene a child is calling 911 from a classroom.

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

The video signifies police on the scene had been knowledgeable no less than one youngster remained alive inside the lecture rooms.

CNN has not been able to independently confirm the video/audio. The supply of the video is unclear and it is unclear at what level in the incident the audio is heard. CNN has reached out to authorities to answer questions about this audio.

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw told reporters Friday there were no less than eight 911 calls from at the very least two separate callers from inside the school, masking a span of practically 50 minutes. The decision made on scene to treat the incident like a barricaded suspect, quite than an energetic shooter, was "incorrect," he mentioned.

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

Legislation enforcement response known as into question

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

"It doesn't take a genius to determine that it simply took too lengthy to get in there and, you already know, had they gotten there sooner, and somebody would have taken instant action, we would have more of these youngsters right here today, together with my daughter," he stated.

Regulation enforcement officers in Texas are skilled to intervene shortly, based on energetic shooter pointers within the state's fee on legislation enforcement 2020 coaching handbook obtained by CNN. The manual states an "officer's first priority is to maneuver in and confront the attacker."

"As first responders we should acknowledge that innocent life should be defended," it says. "A first responder unwilling to put the lives of the harmless above their very own safety ought to take into account another career field."

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

The group then did not breach the classroom for a minimum of another half-hour, in accordance with the timeline provided by DPS. A 911 call placed at 12:16 p.m., based on DPS, from a woman in one of many lecture rooms told the operator eight or nine students have been still alive.

The delayed police response in Uvalde runs contrary to well-established, commonly taught lively shooter protocol established after the Columbine faculty shooting of 1999, experts stated.

"Even beneath hearth, officers are skilled to go to that risk as a result of each second counts," mentioned Jonathan Wackrow, a CNN law enforcement analyst. "What we noticed right here was that delay price kids their lives, full stop."

"The purpose of the evaluate is to offer an unbiased account of regulation enforcement actions and responses that day, and to determine classes learned and best practices to help first responders put together for and respond to energetic shooter events," the DOJ stated in a press release Sunday.

The DOJ is anticipated to select someone in the next few days to lead the evaluation, in response to two sources acquainted with the process. The Justice Department has historically relied on individuals exterior the DOJ with regulation enforcement expertise and on-the-ground expertise with mass-casualty events to conduct such opinions.

Biden hopeful 'rational' Republicans can conform to gun reform

"What kind of world are we living in that legislation was created for razing these colleges?" Gutierrez requested throughout the interview.

In line with Gutierrez, Biden additionally advised him, "I'm not going away ... I'm gonna bring you resources ... look to getting actual cash for mental health care." There is only one psychiatrist in Uvalde, in response to the senator.

Biden voiced optimism on Monday certain "rational" Republicans could agree to some sort of recent gun restrictions.

"I feel things have gotten so dangerous that everyone's getting more rational about it. At the least that's my hope and prayer," Biden advised reporters at the White House.

Biden, in his most extensive feedback about gun management since last week's murders, said he was restricted in steps he may take alone.

"There's the Structure. I can't dictate these things. I can do the things I've accomplished, and any government action I can take I am going to continue to take. However I can't outlaw a weapon, I am unable to change the background checks. I can't do that," he mentioned.

Group comes collectively

Within the wake of the taking pictures, an outpouring of assist to these in the neighborhood is being provided.

Carlos Hernandez, whose restaurant is a mile from Robb Elementary, wrote on Fb hours after the capturing, "There's no doable approach I can open my kitchen with a broken coronary heart and have enjoyable doing it."

On Thursday -- his thirty third birthday -- Hernandez decided to cook dinner for the neighborhood, whipping up favorite dishes, including wings, mac-and-cheese and fried fish tacos.

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

"It is a real tough scenario, I'm simply making an attempt to show the kids that they do have us as their backbone and a help system," Hernandez advised CNN. "We at all times present, whether or not there is an incident or no incident."

Elsewhere in Uvalde, the El Progreso Memorial Library has develop into a place of healing.

On Wednesday, only a day after the capturing, youngsters's librarian Martha Carreon sat in front of rows of little faces, studying, singing, and laughing with the kids, taking them away to a protected place removed from the college where a lot of them turned witness to horror.

"We want our building to be a protected space, a refuge that is a quiet, calm and cool haven," El Progreso Memorial Library director Mendell Morgan informed CNN.

Together with psychologists who can be available each weekday for youngsters and adults to talk to, there may even be therapeutic massage therapy practitioners, volunteers for arts and craft activities, pianists to play soothing music, and even magicians to hold skilled magic reveals.

"This is a robust community the place we have true care and concern for one another," Morgan stated. "Many, if not most here, hold 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.