Uvalde Massacre: Videos and documents show slow police response to Robb Elementary School shooting

County leaders in Uvalde, Texas, released police body camera videos and documents Tuesday detailing the slow police response during one of the worst school massacres in U.S. history, which left 19 students and two teachers dead.

Authorities were heavily criticized for not confronting 18-year-old Salvador Ramos for more than an hour after the shooting began in May 2022 at Robb Elementary School.

Several body camera videos show police officers from multiple departments inside the school hallway and standing outside. Officers wander around, suggesting throwing gas through the window or looking for a key to the locked classroom, but it's unclear if any of those suggestions are accepted or who is in charge.

Within minutes, parents approach a fence near the school and shout for officers to do something.

"What class is she in?" a father is heard shouting. Another yells, "Come on, man, my daughter's in there." Another father, not seen in the video, angrily says, "Either you go in or I do," adding a few seconds later, "My kids are in there, please."

The records released Tuesday are the latest batch of documents that local authorities withheld during a lengthy legal battle over public access. The victims' families were among those who pushed for the material to be released.

In one video, a police officer involved in the initial response can be heard saying, "We can't see him at all," before adding, "We were in front and he started shooting."

The officer wearing the body camera asks, "You're in a classroom, right?" Another replies, "With kids."

Three months before the shooting, police went to the gunman's home on consecutive nights because he was arguing with his mother over the Wi-Fi and broken video game equipment after she turned off the internet, records show.

Adriana Reyes claimed her son never hit her, but told officers he was "scared of Salvador and wanted help," according to a report. Ramos's grandmother picked him up one night, and officers took him there the next night.

Media organizations, including The Associated Press, sued the Uvalde School District and Uvalde County in 2022 seeking access to the material. A Texas appeals court in July upheld a lower court's ruling that the records must be made public.

Last year, Uvalde city officials released body camera footage and 911 call recordings.

Documents released by the school district on Monday detailed how the shooter spiraled downward beginning in high school, including his decision to stop attending school just months before the shooting.

Nearly 400 police 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 subsequently examined law enforcement training, communication, leadership, and technology, and questioned whether officers prioritized their own lives over those of the children and teachers.

Uvalde Schools Police Chief Pete Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales, another former school district official, are the only two officers facing criminal charges for their actions that day. Both have pleaded not guilty to child endangerment and abandonment, and their trial is scheduled for later this year.