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Transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. >> mccraw says the on-scene commander was uvalde school district police chief arredondo. >> the chief of police is the incident commander. it's his school. he's chief of police, okay. >> where is the police chief, and why isn't he here to take our questions? >> well, because i'm here to address the latest timeline and facts that we know. you're certainly welcome to reach out to him. the decision was made on the scene, i wasn't there, but at the same point in time a decision was made that this was a barricaded subject situation. there...

Official, you end up being the incident commander. let's say the dps captain shows up into a situation and decides he's going to exercise control, you know, first of all, he doesn't have the information, and you know what, he may not be as sharp as the on-seen commander that's there in addition to not having the information so i'm reluctant to encourage or even think of any situation where you would want some level hierarchy where a larger police department gets to come in and take over. >> under further questioning, mccraw later explains confronting an active shooter should teague precedence ...

Public safety, which has been running this entire investigation, which was the initial law enforcement agency that did all the press conferences, it was all of their spokespeople who spoke about what happened here admitted, that yeah, the fact is that this teacher actually did close the door and then for some reason it didn't close. it didn't look. again, this took days to find out. this wasn't something that the police came forward and admitted immediately. >> we've got to get in there. >> and perhaps most significantly this this last briefing colonel mccraw offers a new explanation as to why...

Department of public safety, which has been running this entire investigation, which was the initial law enforcement agency that did all the press conferences, it was all of their spokespeople who spoke about what happened here, admitted that yeah, the fact is that this teacher actually did close the door. and then for some reason, it didn't close. it didn't lock. again, this took days to find out. this wasn't something that the police came forward and admitted immediately. >> get we got to get in there. >> and perhaps most significantly in this last briefing, colonel mccraw offers a new expla...

Narrative right now. how troubled are you by that? >> i'm real trumd. i'm not confident in 100% of dps because i think it's a cover-up. >> dps. >> they are covering up. >> mccraw is covering up. >> for who? >> for maybe his agencies, or maybe he told the story that he told, you know, that, you know what, do they say, it's always hard when you tell a lyrics have you to keep telling a lie. i'm not saying he was lying. maybe he was misled. >> cnn reached out to dps for comment after this interview. they referred us to the district attorney and ordered an investigation by the texas rangers which i...