Acting Uvalde News Today

Three students are in custody after a scare at George Ranch High School in Fort Bend County. The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office was called to the campus after a reported threat.

Acting Uvalde police chief Lt. Mariano Pargas retired on Thursday afternoon after 18 years working for the city.

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>> pargas, who was suspended by the city of uvalde in july and placed on paid leave while they investigate his role as a commanding officer during the shooting, is walking in and out of the hallway taking cover next to a wall, failing to organize a response. even when ruben ruiz barrels back into the hallway, telling his colleagues that his wife, eva morales, called him from inside the room and says shes dying. >> hey, hey, hey, hey, ruben, ruben. >> she says shes shot. >> reporter: its pargas, ...

Harry hill ha ha harry enten is going to break it down for us. what the acting police chief in uvalde, texas, failed to after he was directly told the children were trapped with the gunman and needed rescue. . soci. ♪ shop legendary deals at amamazon. when moderate to severe ulcerative colitis persists... put it in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when uc got unpredictable,... i got rapid sympto relief with rinvoq. chk. when uc he me back... i got lasting, steroid-free remission with ri...

Surrounded by victims. as the acting uvalde police chief mariano pargas was a commanding officer on scene and could have done something about it. >> shimon prokupecz joins us now. shimon, this is so stunning. i mean, this is such incredible work youve done. you spoke with the families about what you found. i cant imagine what their feelings are. >> i mean, you know, its just, anderson, in all honesty, its just disappointment after disappointment for them because they feel, again, theyre not gett...

With the police department? is he still being paid? >> hes still being paid. hes on administrative leave. he was suspended of administrative leave back in july. hes still getting paid. ive been talking to city officials here in uvalde, and they want him gone. they want him fired. so, that process is going to take some time. there are certainly individuals inside the city that want him fired. hes also an elected official, as a city commissioner. he was elected just last week back to that position...

Debates, at times confused and seemingly uncertain about what to do. they wouldnt breach the classroom for another 30 minutes. cnn analysis of a new never before made public angle of the hallway security camera shows that pargas never steps foot back inside this hallway. in interviews with investigators obtained by cnn, pargas says he didnt believe he was in charge and officers from the uvalde city police were there only to assist the school police until the texas department of public safety too...

Before heard phone call to show how a failure of leadership allowed 77 minutes to tick by before police killed the gunman. acting uvalde police chief mariano par gas was one of the first police officers to enter robb elementary may 24th. the chief of uvalde police was on vacation, which left pargas in charge of city police. he arrives just three minutes after the gunman fires his first shots. his officers run in ahead of him and make an initial attempt to breach the classroom. they quickly retre...

Chief mariano pargas was the commanding officer and could have done something about it. shimon prokupecz, cnn, uvalde, texas. >> it just leaves you absolutely speechless. these poor families, it issin fu -- it is infuriating and then he said we dont know if the kids are alive and they said eight to nine kids in the classroom. >> listen, the loss already tremendous but the idea that you had all of those armed folks, armed an trained out there to get in quickly. that is training and did not. even ...