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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 t ....
why officers failed to enter the school while the attacker was still firing. those shots audible from the outside. here s what we do know at 11:8 a.m. central time, the suspect crashed into a ditch near the school. there is a picture there. he exited the vehicle and fired at two witnesses across the street. at 11:40 a.m., he entered through the west side of the building. there is the video there. two minutes later a teacher sent a text message saying there was an active shooter at the school. it was not until 11:43 that school officials announced they were under lockdown, one minute later, officers entered the school, were shot and and retreated as they called for further forces to join them. it was not until 12 n. 44, one hower later, a tactical team of border patrol uvalde police department made entry and finally shot the suspect. there are several questions, hard questions. understandable ones that have yet to be answered. this morning, inside the classroom with thes ....
she was a good girl? she was. shannon: parents and family members in shock and grieving over lives cut way too short including 8-year-old garcia who loved playing football with his grandpa and 9-year-old ellie garcia who danced along to tiktok videos. we ll tell what you we re learning about the victims who are being remembered tonight at vigils all across country. new details about the investigation into what law enforcement believes was a preplanned attack, what the shooter posted on social media beforehand with his motive still unclear. our law enforcement panel weighs? the american people demand we take action. my colleagues ought to be held accountable. the unlawful purchase of a gun i don t know how i i can t tell people i can t think of a law that would have stopped this particular shooting. shannon: and calls for action to reduce gun violence already ratcheting up, but are there places where members of congress can find common ground? our panel w ....
friends. i know everybody has been hearing from loved ones. just shock. i got a note this morning from a friend in mississippi. his pastor wrote the congregation yesterday and said, as i write these words, the sun is rising on may 25th, 2022. another day of mourning in america after another mass shooting at another elementary school. as we pray yet again for those whose lives have been torn us under by a troubled soul wielding a deadly weapon, it seems important and necessary to me to say as a christian pastor that we try to find reasonable ways to reduce gun violence, and that is not political. it is moral. the church needs to have a moral compass which can tell the difference between that which is politically partisan and that which is moral. otherwise, our fear of being political may, at times, make us fall silent concerning matters which we should not be silent. as martin luther king jr. once widely said, the day we fall silent about the things that matter is the d ....
school. while there is an overwhelming sense of sorrow, there is a hunger for answers. there are new questions this morning as investigators piece together what happened. centering on the timeline of events. the texas department of public safety says the suspect was on the premises for about 40 minutes. a school resource officer, they say, confronted him, but the suspect kept going, entered the school, walked into a double classroom, locked the door, and began shooting. video has emerged appearing to show desperate parents outside the school. some appearing frustrated with law enforcement. we should note this it s unclear at the time, precisely at what point this video occurred as well as what actions law enforcement was taking at the moment. the ap reports one parent whose daughter was killed, said he was upset police weren t moving more quickly. he has confirmed that sentiment to nbc news. and that he made that statement. nbc news has reached out to the texas depart ....