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911 call and the moment that shooter was killed. cnn's shimon prokupecz pushed for straight answers during a press conference on friday. >> reporter: you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere. what efforts were made to try and break through that door you say was locked? what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door, to get inside that classroom? >> none at that time. >> reporter: why? >> the on-scene commander at the time believed it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. >> reporter...

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>> we don't understand exactly what happened, but i think that they should have gone in and secured that -- >> are you saying that your brother went inside when he first arrived at the school and stayed inside and did not retreat as some have suggested? >> right. they did not retreat, and so the shooter was down. they were in there that entire time. >> a bit of hindsight where i'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision. there is no excuse for that. but, again, i wasn't there the, but i'm just telling you from what we know, we believe there sho...

magazines, firing at least 100 rounds in the opening moments. border patrol agents taking down the shooter ending the terror inside classrooms 111 and 112 about 77 minutes after it began. governor greg abbott late today claiming he was misled, and he's absolutely livid. new images tonight of children escaping out windows, powerful reactions coming in from the families of the victims. the community saying they are sick and angry. learning police were outside the classroom but didn't go in. mireya villarreal with the chilling story from a child about playing dead so he wouldn't get sho...

trial between johnny depp and his ex-wife amber heard. the vicious accusations during closing arguments. the case now in the hands of the jury. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. i'm tom llamas in for lester tonight it was a gutting admission today from texas law enforcement that a decision was made not to enter the classroom where the gunman was with an entire fourth grade class for almost an hour police admitting today that was a mistake we also learned for much of that hour there were 19 police officers outside the door who did not go in we...