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

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

Daniel survived by first "hiding below a desk subsequent to the wall." He said he could see the gunman via the door's window.

"I may still see his face," the boy stated. "I may see him staring at people in front of me."

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

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

"Advise we do have a toddler on the line," the dispatcher says. "Baby is advising he's in the room full of victims."

The video signifies police at the scene have been informed at least one little one remained alive inside the classrooms.

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

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw instructed reporters Friday there were at least eight 911 calls from a minimum of two separate callers from inside the college, overlaying a span of nearly 50 minutes. The choice made on scene to treat the incident like a barricaded suspect, rather than an energetic shooter, was "fallacious," he stated.

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

Law enforcement response referred to as into query

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

"It would not take a genius to determine that it simply took too long to get in there and, you recognize, had they gotten there sooner, and somebody would have taken immediate action, we'd have more of these children right here at this time, including my daughter," he mentioned.

Legislation enforcement officers in Texas are trained to intervene shortly, in keeping with energetic shooter tips in the state's fee on regulation enforcement 2020 coaching manual obtained by CNN. The manual states an "officer's first priority is to maneuver in and confront the attacker."

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

Seven officers arrived on the scene inside two minutes of the shooter firing within 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 not less than one other 30 minutes, in accordance with the timeline provided by DPS. A 911 name placed at 12:16 p.m., in accordance with DPS, from a woman in one of many school rooms advised the operator eight or nine students had been nonetheless alive.

The delayed police response in Uvalde runs opposite to well-established, commonly taught active shooter protocol established after the Columbine college shooting of 1999, consultants mentioned.

"Even under fire, officers are trained to go to that menace because each second counts," mentioned Jonathan Wackrow, a CNN legislation enforcement analyst. "What we noticed right here was that delay cost kids their lives, full stop."

"The goal of the assessment is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to determine lessons realized and greatest practices to help first responders put together for and reply to energetic shooter occasions," the DOJ mentioned in a statement Sunday.

The DOJ is expected to select someone in the subsequent few days to steer the overview, in line with two sources conversant in the process. The Justice Department has traditionally relied on people outside the DOJ with law enforcement expertise and on-the-ground expertise with mass-casualty occasions to conduct such opinions.

Biden hopeful 'rational' Republicans can comply with gun reform

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

Based on Gutierrez, Biden additionally advised him, "I am not going away ... I'm gonna deliver you assets ... look to getting real cash for mental well being care." There is just one psychiatrist in Uvalde, in keeping with the senator.

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

"I think things have gotten so dangerous that everyone's getting extra rational about it. At the very least that's my hope and prayer," Biden instructed reporters at the White Home.

Biden, in his most intensive comments about gun control since final week's murders, said he was restricted in steps he could take alone.

"There's the Constitution. I can't dictate these items. I can do the issues I've carried out, and any government motion I can take I will proceed to take. But I am unable to outlaw a weapon, I can not change the background checks. I can't do that," he stated.

Neighborhood comes together

In the wake of the shooting, an outpouring of assist to these locally is being provided.

Carlos Hernandez, whose restaurant is a mile from Robb Elementary, wrote on Facebook hours after the capturing, "There isn't any possible means I can open my kitchen with a broken heart and have enjoyable doing it."

On Thursday -- his 33rd birthday -- Hernandez determined to prepare dinner for the group, whipping up favorite 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 families and neighbors who're nonetheless studying how to cope with the tragedy inflicted on their tight-knit group.

"It's an actual robust scenario, I'm simply making an attempt to point out the youngsters that they do have us as their spine and a assist system," Hernandez instructed CNN. "We at all times present, whether or not there's an incident or no incident."

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

On Wednesday, just a day after the taking pictures, youngsters's librarian Martha Carreon sat in entrance of rows of little faces, reading, singing, and laughing with the youngsters, taking them away to a protected place removed from the varsity where a lot of them grew to become witness to horror.

"We want our building to be a safe space, a refuge that may be a quiet, calm and funky haven," El Progreso Memorial Library director Mendell Morgan advised CNN.

Together with psychologists who shall be obtainable every weekday for youngsters and adults to talk to, there will even be massage therapy practitioners, volunteers for arts and craft activities, pianists to play soothing music, and even magicians to carry skilled magic shows.

"This can be a strong community the place we now have true care and concern for one another," Morgan stated. "Many, if not most here, maintain fast to their faith believing in God, that good is stronger than evil and light 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.