feels hotter due to the humidity. i ve seen long lines before when people wait for hours to get concert ticket or to receive free food or something free. that is not the case here. people are waiting in line, quietly to pay their respects. they are here because they want to show love and support. we have also heard from parents, including parents of some of the children who were killed on that tuesday. the shooting is still sijnking n but the parent we spoke to are upset and stunned. they were not concerned about the real trauma that was happening inside. they waited too long. too long. i was out here. i was out here and i m not the only parent that witnessed it. a will the of parents witnessed it and to see they are saying it was they got in here quick and handled business. that s not the way that happened. had they got in there sooner and somebody would have taken immediate action, we might have more of those children here today, including my daughter. reporter: the
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 the car. like, she this is literally like her worst fear. and she was just trying to help everyone. one little girl is covered in blood head to toe, like, i thought she was injured. i asked her what was wrong. and she said she s okay. she was hysterical saying they killed her best friend and she s not breathing and she was trying to call the cops. i asked the little girl the name, and she and she told me she said amerie. unthinkable the pain there. unthink able the pain. let s get to the sce
classroom and opening fire. the suspect armed with an ar-15-style rifle, ultimately killed by police. and tonight, investigators say the suspect turned 18 just nine dys ago. and that he bought his ar-15-style rifle the next day. then another one just a few days later. and nine days after his birthday, he was here at this school. we are now learning more about the children tonight and their two teachers. some of the children getting end of the year awards the morning of the shooting. some of their parents, their loved ones were at the school not knowing it would be the last time they saw their children. and tonight here, my interview with a young father, the video he showed me of his daughter fishing with him. and what he s vowing to do tonight in honor of his daughter. also tonight, we have now learned how long it took to take down the gunman after his first encounter with police here in uvalde. and the officers inside the school, border patrol, sheriffs, police. now we hav
john: fox team coverage from across the country. bill will begin things for us on the ground in uvalde, texas for us. our coverage continues. bill. bill: sandra, a lot of conflicting reporting whether or not there was a school police officer on campus when the shooting took place. texas d.p.s. tells me there was a school officer on campus who exchanged gunfire with this gunman. i m told that the officer was shot and injured and that is when the shooter ran inside the school, got into a classroom, barricaded himself and started shooting in discrimnatly, shows the 18-year-old local resident armed with the rifle going into the school. he shot his grandmother in the face a short time before this, then drove to the school, crashed his car, got out, apparently engaged in gunfire with the school officer, hurt him, went inside, then committed this heinous shooting. take a listen to the 911 dispatch audio. all units stand by. bill: if you look at video of children evacuated
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