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School district was aware of the investigation at the time of elizondo's hiring. >> the district has not responded to emails, calls or direct questions from cnn. >> sir, do you know this officer who you have recently hired and are you aware she is under investigation for her actions on the day of the shooting? >> do you think she is fit to serve here. considering her actions are under investigation. mr. mueller. you don't want to respond to that? >> the hiring raises further questions about the department of public safety and the lack of transparency around the investigation. and the conduct o...

Who are here waiting and asking the police to go in. >> there was 19. there was 19 officers in there. in fact, there was plenty of officers to do whatever needed to be done, with one exception, that the incident commander inside believed they needed more equipment and more officers to do a tactical breach at that point. because the chief of police of the consolidated school district, he was convinced, and again, i want to go back, he was convinced a the time there was no more threat to the children and that the subject was barricaded, and that they had time to organize with the proper equipmen...

Governor abbott's press conference, this is what dps director steven mccraw claimed happened. >> when the shooting began, we had uvalde police officers arrive on scene along with the consolidated independent school district officers immediately breached, because we know an officer every second is a life. law enforcement is there. they didn't engage immediately. they did contain him in the classroom. those officers that arrived on the scene and put their lives in danger, they saved other kids. they kept him pinned down. and we're very proud of that. >> as the body and security cameras clearly s...

Transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. >> mccraw says the onscene commander was uvalde school district police chief pete arredondo. >> the chief of police of the consolidated independent school district is the incident commander. it's his school. he is the 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 the facts that we know. you're certainly welcome to reach out -- to reach out to them. the decision was made on the scene. i wasn't there. but at the same point a...

Ranking official, you end up being the incident commander. let's say a dps captain shows up to a situation and decides well, he is going to exercise control. first of all, he doesn't have the information. and you know what? he may not be as sharp as the onscene command they're is there. information to not having the information. so i'm reluctant to encourage or even think of any situation where you would want some level of hierarchy where a larger police department gets to come in and take over, that type of thing. >> under further questioning, mccraw later concerns confronting an active shoot...