{"id":11190,"date":"2025-08-14T09:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/2025\/08\/14\/desperate-parents-pleaded-with-officers-to-act-during-uvalde-school-shooting-video-shows\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T09:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:26:19","slug":"desperate-parents-pleaded-with-officers-to-act-during-uvalde-school-shooting-video-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/2025\/08\/14\/desperate-parents-pleaded-with-officers-to-act-during-uvalde-school-shooting-video-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate parents pleaded with officers to act during Uvalde school shooting, video shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Uvalde School Shooting: A Heartbreaking Tragedy<\/h1>\n<p>AUSTIN \u2014 Desperate parents begged law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire in one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history, police body camera video released Tuesday shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose class is he in?\u201d one parent can be heard asking. Another comes up and yells, \u201cCome on man, my daughter is in there!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The heartbreaking videos show the agonizingly slow law enforcement response along with confusion and delays. Authorities failed to confront 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos for more than an hour after the attack at Robb Elementary School began on May 24, 2022. Nineteen students and two teachers were killed.<\/p>\n<p>The records released Tuesday are the final batch of documents that local authorities withheld during a yearslong legal battle over public access. Family members of the victims were among those pushing for the records to be released.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Related: Uvalde school records show teenage gunman\u2019s spiral before 2022 shooting<\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; Law enforcement, and other first responders, gather outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. (AP Photo\/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)<\/p>\n<p>Dario Lopez-Mills \/ AP<\/p>\n<h2>Frightened Parents Urge Officers to Act<\/h2>\n<p>The documents disclosed that deputies visited the gunman\u2019s home three months before the shooting after his mother said she was scared of him, while nearly six hours of bodycam videos revealed missteps and frustration throughout the attack and its aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>Several videos show officers from multiple departments inside the school hallway and standing outside, some suggesting throwing gas in the window or searching for a key to the locked classroom. But it\u2019s unclear who is in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Within minutes, parents making their way to a fence near the school yell at officers to do something.<\/p>\n<p>One parent angrily says, \u201cEither you go in or I\u2019m going in bro,\u201d adding a few seconds later, \u201cMy kids are in there, bro. &#8230; Please!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In one video, an officer involved in the initial response can be heard saying, \u201cWe can\u2019t see him at all\u201d before adding, \u201cWe were at the front and he started shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related: Uvalde leaders OK $2M for Robb Elementary families, first settlement of 2022 attack<\/p>\n<p>The officer wearing the bodycam asks: \u201cHe\u2019s in a classroom right?\u201d Another officer responds: \u201cWith kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething needs to be done ASAP,\u201d a voice can be heard saying almost an hour before anyone charged into the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Outside, a woman who says she\u2019s a relative of the gunman sobs, telling police to \u201ctake him out.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Deputies Met Uvalde Gunman Months Earlier<\/h2>\n<p>Documents released Monday by the school district offer the most detailed look yet at the gunman whose downward spiral began in middle school with a series of suspensions and warnings for harassment and bullying. He dropped out of school just months before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff\u2019s deputies went to the gunman\u2019s home on two consecutive nights before the attack because he was arguing with his mother over Wi-Fi and broken video game equipment after she turned off the internet, county\u2019s records released Tuesday reveal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4096 \/ 3072\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 830px, (min-width: 768px) 66.66vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/W4UVEY2CJ5EBPHYV4LFA6EIAL4.jpg?auth=a65a533f765e73d21ff3c042bc065eb28c4eba5c4f2a9ab4f345f2d1d09dc2a1&#038;quality=80&#038;width=430 430w, https:\/\/dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/W4UVEY2CJ5EBPHYV4LFA6EIAL4.jpg?auth=a65a533f765e73d21ff3c042bc065eb28c4eba5c4f2a9ab4f345f2d1d09dc2a1&#038;quality=80&#038;width=830 830w\" class=\"dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"4096\" height=\"3072\" src=\"https:\/\/dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/W4UVEY2CJ5EBPHYV4LFA6EIAL4.jpg?auth=a65a533f765e73d21ff3c042bc065eb28c4eba5c4f2a9ab4f345f2d1d09dc2a1&#038;quality=80&#038;width=830\" alt=\"During a recent rehearsal of Herrera Dance Project's \"Unanswered for 77,\" Favian Herrera...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During a recent rehearsal of Herrera Dance Project&#8217;s &#8220;Unanswered for 77,&#8221; Favian Herrera Jr., center, performs the role of Salvador Ramos, who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Judianne Frampton<\/p>\n<p>Adriana Reyes said her son never hit her but told deputies she was scared of him and needed help, a report said. Ramos\u2019 grandmother picked him up one night, and deputies drove him there the next night.<\/p>\n<p>Media organizations, including The Associated Press, sued the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District and Uvalde County in 2022 for the release of their records. A Texas appeals court in July upheld a lower court\u2019s ruling that the records must be made public.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, city officials in Uvalde released body camera footage and recordings of 911 calls.<\/p>\n<h2>Minutes Ticked By as Officers Waited<\/h2>\n<p>Nearly 400 officers waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the gunman in a classroom filled with dead and wounded children and teachers. Federal and state investigations later looked into law enforcement training, communication, leadership and technology, and questioned whether officers prioritized their own lives over those of children and teachers.<\/p>\n<p>Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales, another former school district officer, are the only two officers who face criminal charges for their actions that day. They both have pleaded not guilty to child endangerment and abandonment and are scheduled for trial later this year.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Arredondo is seen on body camera sending another officer to get a master key. Later investigations found no evidence the classroom door was locked.<\/p>\n<p>Related: New Uvalde school shooting records: Here\u2019s a look at what they show<\/p>\n<p>Early on, he tells officers crouched near him that they are going to clear all the rooms before breaching the classroom because \u201ctime is on our side right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says they don\u2019t know if there are students inside but, \u201cwe\u2019re gonna save the lives of the other ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also concern that the gunman might be holding a child as a human shield or that someone might be caught<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uvalde School Shooting: A Heartbreaking Tragedy AUSTIN \u2014 Desperate parents begged law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire in one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history, police body camera video released Tuesday shows. \u201cWhose class is he in?\u201d one parent can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":11192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-reports"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/XCUQHLK6VFAHXCSYM34HWA7K64.jpg?auth=39d5cf5ddc09d67693f306b7fc033446ce038ddde6a584511337ea9f0a8408f5&quality=80&width=1200&height=630&smart=true","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11193,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11190\/revisions\/11193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}