officials say they had to hold the parents back because of the volatile nature of the situation. and this morning, we are learning the identities of more young victims. leyla salazar, who was 11-years-old, she loved to run, film tiktok videos and dance and ten-year-old alicia ma am rez wanted to draw. she wanted on the an artist. for many of the young survivors, it left them shaken and scarred. here s how a 2nd grader described his ordeal. i was praying thinking what is this happening? i have the fear of guns now. because i m scared someone might shoot me. and again, we are beginning to hear from more children who were inside the school and nearby classrooms. our adrian is here with me now. adrian, you sat down with a young boy who was in one of those classrooms who heard it all going on. tell us about him. reporter: he described the gunshots as loud, louder than what he had heard before, pouring out that his grandfather is a gun owner and he says the sound of this ri
a-plus. still got it. (whistle blows) your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. top of the hour on cnn newsroom, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. there was a gut wrenching admission from texas officials about the police response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde. in the benefit of hindsight, where i m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. there s no excuse for that, again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry, as soon as you can. when there s an active shooter, the rules change. it s no longer, okay, it s no longer a barricade, we don t have time. and by the way, texas embraces active shooter training, active shooter certification, and that doctrine requires officers, we don t care what agency you re from, you don t have to have a leader on the scene. every officer lines up, stacks up
because i don t want anything to deal with another shooting and me in the school. reporter: are you scared it might happen again? and i know it might happen again. reporter: jamie s mom crystal shared these pictures taken about 90 minutes before the shooting. she s with her son at the school, celebrating jayden s honor roll achievement. his mom said waiting, not knowing was tough. what did you tell your mom when you finally saw her? i left my water bottle. reporter: your water bought. did you hug her? mm hmm. she hugged me first, she was like. oh. reporter: was she so happy to see you? yes, and my dad and my grandma. reporter: what do your parents mean to you? a lot. because they brought me into this world. reporter: a world where schools are also crime scenes.
not physical, but emotionally paralyzing. after what happened. reporter: do you ever want to go back to school? i don t want to, no, because i don t want anything to do with another shooting. and me in the school. reporter: you scared it might happen again? mm-hmm. and i know it might happen again probably. reporter: jayden s mom crystal took these pictures about 90 minutes before the shooting. she s with her son at school, celebrating jayden s honor roll achievement. he said mom said waiting, not knowing, was tough. what did you tell your mom when you finally saw her? i left my water bottle at school. reporter: your water bottle. did you ughhug her. mm-hmm. she hugged me first. reporter: was she so happy to