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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 you've done. you spoke with the families about what you found. i can't imagine what their feelings are. >> i mean, you know, it's just, anderson, in all honesty, it's just disappointment after disappointment for them because they feel, again, they're not getting this full account of what's happening. and certainly they're very thankful to us for bringi...

With the police department? is he still being paid? >> he's still being paid. he's on administrative leave. he was suspended of administrative leave back in july. he's still getting paid. i've 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. he's also an elected official, as a city commissioner. he was elected just last week back to that position. we'll see what happens with that. but certainly the family members, after having this informa...

Debates, at times confused and seemingly uncertain about what to do. they wouldn't 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 didn't 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 took over. the texas department of public safety, which placed seven of its officers who were at the ...

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 retreat when shots are fired in their direction. cnn has chosen to mute the sound of those gunshots. >> a...

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 don't 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 though they knew there were till lives at risk. >> didn't try. still to come. we're joined live b...