Families of Robb Elementary School shooting victims react to release of more videos

UVALDE, Texas – Watching footage of the May 24, 2022 failure at Robb Elementary School is frustrating and infuriating for family members like Jesse Rizo.

“The people who ultimately paid the price were the children and the teachers,” Rizo said. “My niece was there; When she was pulled out she still had a pulse; She could have lived.”

It took more than an hour for police to confront the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.

Obtaining all of the city of Uvalde's records from that day required a court order and took more than two years.

In August, the city released hundreds of calls, text messages, 911 calls and videos — but not everything. Within days, a Uvalde police officer reported to the department that his footage was not included.

After an audit that led to a Uvalde sergeant retiring, the city released 49 more clips Tuesday.

“What do you think about the fact that it took so long to get this second batch of videos?” asked KSAT reporter Daniela Ibarra.

“It’s disturbing,” Rizo said. “It's like – it's almost like torture, insult to the families.”

Brett Cross, guardian of Uvalde shooting victim Uziyah Garcia, is highly critical of law enforcement's response. He said the videos were evidence of the mistakes.

“They could have prevented it, they could have stopped it,” Cross said. “They could have saved a lot of children. But they didn’t.”

The footage is hard to watch, but Cross and Rizo hope people see it all.

“I think the whole world needs to see the failures that happened that day,” Cross said.

The city of Uvalde is the first entity to release records of the massacre. Uvalde CISD, the Uvalde County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Department of Public Safety continue to fight the release of their records.