protection to defy those orders and went in. that s according to two senior federal law enforcement officials. but by that point, it had been so long, some of the families say their wounded kids bled out. leaving them forever asking the question, what if they went in sooner? was there still time? the chief was supposed to be sworn in to the city council today a. position he was just elected to hold. uvalde s mayor says he is free to assume his position on the council but that the ceremony to welcome him is postponed. joining me is nbc news koempt liz mclaughlin and nbc news tom winters. the funerals, liz, are starting today. what do we know? reporter: katy, exactly one week at 11 minutes ago, police finally confronted that gunman and stopped the massacre at robb elementary. an event that will forever change this community. so now the focus is really on honoring and remembering those 21 lives lost. the visitation started yesterday for those two girls who mentioned funerals
volunteers, facial reconstructionists. yes, it was that bad, coming in to help. again these funerals will take many weeks because there are so many of them. tom, the investigation usually is now at this point focused on the shooter. it s instead focused on law enforcement. right. what do we know about why the chief told his officers to just wait? initially we heard it was because the gunfire had stopped. when i looked at the time line, there was still gunfire at 12:36. tant the officers had been on scene for an hour. that is correct. that ultimately is the question. on two fronts, people trying to tons thought process according to texas public records that we have been able to access, he had a decent amount of active shooter training. now, the specific courses, we ll have to take a look at. we know that texas mandates and says in their documents, look, this is a situation where seconds matter and officers have to put their lives on the line.