he said he s communicating. can you hear me, sir? sir, can you hear me? put your firearm down, sir. we don t want anybody else hurt. we got kids in there. i know, i know. that s what we re trying to do. we re trying to get them out. please put your firearm down. is that the way officers are supposed to respond to an active shooter inside an elementary school while there s kids in the classroom? that sentence is difficult to hear. what he s doing there is using the wrong tactic for the situation that is occurring in front of him. we know based on the reporting, based on some of the statements prior that this was being treated as a barricade type situation rather than the active shooter situation that it was. we know, based on the video, we also know based on this report that those officers as they aefshed, they heard the gunshots. they knew this was an active shooter. for the chief to try to use pleasantries, to get the shooter to drop his gun is hard to hear. this sho
of keys trying and failing to make entry into a classroom near where the gunman is barricaded, eventually handing the keys off to another officer who does make entry. more heavily armored officers arrive, but no one gives the order to begin. then suddenly a new round of gun fire. [ sound of gunfire ] but after those gunshots, arradondo again tries to talk with the shooter. can you hear me, sir? reporter: and, again, minutes later sir, if you can hear me, please put your firearm down, sir. we don t want anybody else hurt. we re trying to get them out. reporter: after no response, police still stand around without much urgency. over the course of the next 30 minutes we see more officers arrive. the video obtained by cnn cuts out moments before police breach the classroom and kill the shooter at 12:51 local time. by then, many young innocent children and their two teachers
in shoulder and everything else, it very surreal sight to see. i was coming um watching where he was to see if i could get people out lady had falling, i went to make sure my wife was out i i was 50 or 60 feet away while he was still shooting, once he got done, he dropped firearm down, walked back to the area, when he got close to the door three in baggage claim, he dropped the gun, made couple steps, laid down, spread agenea waited for the deputy came up and behind him waiting for the deputy to come, i followed