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good thursday morning to you. i am jim shooter. >> and im erica hill. the nation mourns the census loss of 19 children and two teachers. new questions are emerging about the timeline of events and how police responded. cnn say the killer was on school grounds for up to an hour before officers breached the classroom and killed him. >> why did it take as long as it did for the tactical team to go in? >> we know that several officers were off duty. they still responded to the scene. again...

hold up for you, says cities soul crushed. i think that perfectly describes the feeling here in uvalde this morning. behind me is the elementary the school. overnight, a series of crosses were put out, one for each of the 21 victims, the 19 children and the two teachers that were killed here. this small community of 15,000 people is coming together, united in grief for what happened here. about 1000 people attended a vigil for the victims last night. a solo violinist closed with a rare...

wounded. today would have been the last day of the school year. instead of making plans for vacations, camps and cookouts, these families, right there you see them, are making funeral arrangements. grief is immeasurable. listen here to angel and how he learned his little girl was gone. >> she was just trying to do the right thing. she was just trying to call the cops. she was so scared of just strangers and things like this. she would lock the door when i would step out to put gas in t...

shared his daughters best friend says amerie was killed while calling 9-1-1 on her brand new cell phone. >> i just want people to know that she just died trying to save her classmates. she just wanted to save everyone. >> we have more video now thats tough to watch. its from outside the school while the gunman was inside. these are the cries of grantic parents who heard the gunshots inside the school and are demanding the police storm it. despite the overwhelming police response, it ma...

communication in our drills to be able to communicate in classrooms administrators and key personnel use radios that allow us to communicate so these are all parts of those procedures. id add to that in a lockdown procedure that even those doors that lead to the interior of campus are locked at that moment. so the intention is to not only lock students and staff inside of classrooms, but to lockout anyone that is attempting to enter the building that is unauthorized. >> based on the lo...

the video shows frantic and frustrated parents demanding they be let into the school. police keeping the distraught family members behind a perimeter as the shooting unfolds inside. its still unclear when in the whole event cycle this video was shot. >> sandra: texas officials have yet to deliver a clear timeline of what exactly happened and when. we do know the gunman got into that school through an unlocked entrance, responding officers were met by heavy gunfire and the suspect barri...

one door was open that allowed him to go in unobstructed into this school. jeff, give us an update. break down what we just heard and take it from there. >> yeah, very important update just wrapped up by texas dps after as you mentioned whats been a long day of questions and frustration. many members of the community wanting to know what happened and when it happens. 11:28 a.m., texas dps said thats when the suspect wrecked his truck just outside of robb elementary school after shootin...

>> neil: you know, we still dont know the timeline but we know what was going on around the time this video was shot. the shooter was in the school. salvador ramos was in robb elementary school. those parents were hearing shots. and they were bewildered and confused and angry and wondering why someone, anyone with a gun wasnt in that school to take down ramos. so many details we dont know. this much we do. a lot of anger, a lot of questions and a lot of concern as to whether there was ...

children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. mireya villarreal on the scene for us again. tonight, the call for action across this country....

for more gun control. protecting americas schools: whats being done nationwide to keep our children safe? fighting the rise of gun violence. could a program in atlanta be the key to stopping teens from picking up a weapon and instead walking away from a fight? remembering ray liota, the legendary "goodfellas" actor dies at 67. and finally, the community here in uvalde, texas, planning to celebrate graduation, instead planning funerals. >> this is the "cbs evening this is the "cbs eveni...