. >> reporter: alfred garza says his daughter amerie may have been one of those students who tried to call 911. she was killed during the shooting. >> something's got to be done now. you know, where do we go from here? you know. you were wrong. what do we do now? is my question. what are we going to do now? >> the accountability you were talking about. >> the accountability, you know. somebody's got to be responsible. >> reporter: warning signs missed. >> ramos asked his sister to help him buy a gun. she flatly refused. that was in september of '21. >> reporter: with social media group chats and posts as far back as last february offering red flags. >> he had instagram, a group chat and it was discussed ramos being a school shooter. that was on february 28th of 2022. on march 14th there was an instagram posting by the subject, in quotations "ten more days." a user replied, are you going to shoot up the school or something? the subject replied, "no. and stop asking dumb questions and you'll see." >> reporter: the governor here says he expects new laws to be passed to address what happe

. >> alfred garza says his daughter amerie may have been one of the students who tried to call 911. she was killed during the shooting. now that garza knows first responders made a tragic respect in waiting to breach the door, it has triggered a range of emotions. >> something has to be done now. where do we go from here? you were wrong. what do we do now? you know, it's my question. what are we going to do now? >> the accountability. >> right, the accountability. somebody has to be responsible. >> those who survived and endured their wait for rescue now left to deal with the trauma. >> mia got some blood and put it on herself and pretended she was dead. >> and pamela, now so many people here left with a lot of sobering questions, namely, could more children have been saved had these officers acted sooner? and for parents like alfred garza, who you just heard from, for him, it's a question of accountability. he's asking who should be held accountable and how they will be held accountable. pamela. >> just so agonizing for these parents. jason carroll in uvalde, texas, thank you. >>>

"outfront" tonight, alfred garza who lost his daughter, 10-year-old amory jo garza. i'm so sorry for your loss and that we're meeting under these circumstances. i'm sure this week has been unimaginable for you. when you learned the details today, for more than an hour, there were 19 officers outside that classroom while children were calling 911, pleading for help. what was your reaction? >> i mean, i'm in just disbelief. you know, whenever all this stuff happened, i was actually showed up at the school and i was trying to be one of those calm parents while others were panicking and trying to take action, i was trying to just be, you know, just calm-headed and let the officers do their job like they asked us to, you know, they're telling us they're devising a plan, strategizing they're going to get in there but even i knew at the scene they were just taking too long. i knew if i were just to be combative and fight them i would just be delaying what i wanted which the end result was to get my daughter out of the school so like every other citizen in town, we were thin

. >> alfred garza says his daughter amerie may have been one of those students who tried to call 911.he was killed during the shooting. >> something's got to be done now. where do we go from here? you were wrong. what do we do now? you know. that's my question. what are we going to do now. >> the accountability. somebody's got to be responsible. >> warning signs missed. >> ramos asked his sister to help him buy a gun. she flatly refused. that was in september of '21. >> with social media group chats and posts as far back as last february offering red flags. >> he had instagram a four-group chat and it was discussed that ramos being a school shooter. that was on february 28th of 2022. on march 14th there was an instagram posting by the subject in quotations, ten more days. user replied are you going to shoot up the school or something? the subject replied, no, and stop asking dumb questions and you'll see. >> well, the governor says new laws are expected to address what happened out here. he also says he expects both the fbi and the texas rangers to be investigating all of those law en

>> well, immediately i think of alfred garza i spoke to earlier today. as you know, his ten-year-old daughter, amarie was one of those killed. and when we broke to the news to him what had happened, you know, this tragic errorer in delaying breaching that door. he said -- he said, looker you know, i thought law enforcement told us they did everything that they could. and now, he is learning that was not the case. and when we talked aboute the range of emotions he was dealing with, he said, you know, i am dealing with so much grief at this point, anger is one of the emotions you just simply have to set aside. he said he does not want his daughter to die in vain and the big pointed he wanted to drive home was about accountable. and at this point, this is one man who is saying that he wants to know what that accountability is going to look like. that's why he is now going to be listening very closely to what the governor says, what other law enforcement officials say. he wants to know, at this point, who is going to be held accountable and how? pamela? >> w

alfred garza was waiting for answers about his daughter amerie jo garza. >> we're waiting to see if she made it out, if she's just in the hospital or if the worst case, you know, she didn't make it. >> reporter: overnight garza's family confirming she is one of the students who died in the shooting. garza celebrated her 10th birthday two weeks ago. the 18-year-old crashed a car outside robb elementary school then ran inside with an ar-15 style rifle and opened fire. >> just goes to show you the complete evil that this suspect had, just shooting children, adults, anybody that was in front of him, he was shooting every single person. >> reporter: among the victims identified so far, 10-year-old xavier lopez, a fourth grader. >> he liked baseball. he liked soccer. when his parents had barbecues he was always the life of the party. you know, he's like dancing. >> reporter: fourth grade eva mireles one of two teachers killed. a woman whose daughter was taught about her says she always went the extra mile in class. >> with eva, with miss mireles, it was just beyond. it was more than anybody e

her father, alfred garza, telling me in the immediate aftermath, he was able to help calm other children as he waited for his own daughter. >> i said, hey, your parents are probably outside, we called some of the parents on ther cell phone. they were just, you know, secure in the facility and that -- >> reporter: all the while, you're wondering -- >> yes, i was hoping for my daughter to walk in the door. >> reporter: alfred showing me that video, his daughter fishing with him. >> do you know what you're doing? do you know what you're doing? >> no. >> reporter: and he told us what he'd say to her if he could. if you had a chance to get othe momt wit your daughter, i'm sure you play this out in your head, what you would say to her? >> that she made me proud and she did good and she was a phenomenal person and my love for her was beyond measure. that i'm always going to love her and i'm always going to remember her and she's never, ever going to leave my heart. >> the bravery of these parents to share htheir stories with us. tonight, the parents of 10-year-old tess mata with our mireya vill

tonight, her father, alfred garza. what would you want people to know about your daughter? >> that -- i mean, she was the best person that i know. full of life. gone too soon. always smiling. very productive. she was her own self. she was her own person. she was a leader. she didn't try to be like anybody. she wanted to do things the way she wanted to do them. and that's -- that's what i admired most about my daughter. she was not a follower. she was a leader. >> reporter: she shows me the video of them fishing together he now cherishes. >> do you know what you're doing? do you know what you're doing? >> no. >> reporter: overnight here, adolfo cruz, a grandfather waiting for word on his granddaughter, eliahana cruz torres. >> i just took a little time to go to the hospital and see if we could find out anything over there and nothing. >> reporter: his granddaughter did not survive. there was xavier james lopez who was 10. a family member saying xavier's mom was at that awards ceremony just hours before the shooting. she had no idea it would be her final time with her son. hi

as you heard people like alfred garza, parents like him will be watching closely to see who if anyone here will ultimately be held accountable. jim. >> absolutely, there needs to be accountability, jason carroll, thank you very much. let's bring in our shimon prokupecz in uvalde, texas, and along with us charles ramsey and the police chief ryan higgins, thank you for being with us. shimon, moments ago, we saw the governor of texas, abbott, claims he was misled. they can't get their stories straight and now they're pointing fingers, are we starting to piece together what happened and what went wrong? >> reporter: i don't know if we know what went wrong. someone was providing that information of senior leaders and law enforcement whether people are lying or making themselves out to be heroes. they were trying to cover responsibility. that's something going through investigation and hopefully will figure it out. the thing with the governor, he was briefed by the head of dps, director of public safety here in texas. he took to the podium today to reveal all of these information. that was

. >> alfred garza says his daughter amerie may have been one of those students who tried to call 911. she was killed during the shooting. >> something's got to be done now. where do we go from here, you know? you were wrong. what do we do now? you know, that's my question. what are we going to do now. >> the accountability you're talking about. >> right, the accountability, you know, somebody's got to be responsible. >> warning signs missed. >> ramos asked his sister to help him buy a gun. she flatly refused. that was in september of '21. >> with social media posts as far back as last february offering red flags. >> instagram a four group chat and it was discussed that ramos being a school shooter. that was on february 28th of 2022. on march 14th, and there was an instagram posting by the subject in quotations, ten more days. user replied are you going to shoot up the school or something? the subject replied, no, and stop asking dumb questions, and you'll see. >> the governor here says he expects new laws to be passed to address what happened here. he also says expect both the fbi and

but again, when you bring up alfred garza, i mean he's looking for accountability and at theend of the day, watch andt listening to what these officials are saying and saying, what at the end of the day, is that accountability going to look like. laura. >> jason carroll, thank you so much, poignant question and one we're all asking, next to shimon, also in uvalde, also asking tough questions about the police response. hearing you shouting at the conferences and asking the questions we all want to know. shimon, what more can you tell us about the incident commander who made the decision to hold police outside of the classroom in the hall way? >> reporter: right, laura. so he's the police chief for the school district. so there are several schools in this area, called the consolidated independent school district and he is the chief. there are four officers assigned to him and a detective. it's a small department of six people. his name is peter aradando. he has about 30 years of experience. he worked in another school district. interestingly enough, he recently won a seat on the city cou

. >> one of them in particular, alfred garza, his daughter amerie, she went to the school here. she was in the fourth grade, as you know, boris, she did not survive. initially as all of this was happening, he was wondering what was taking so long for law enforcement to move in there and to breach that door and deal with this particular shooter. initially, he said he was told that law enforcement did everything that they needed to do. now he is looking for accountability. >> they needed to act immediately, you know. there's kids involved, you know, there's a gun involved. there's an active shooter wanting to do harm, you know, those are recipes for disaster, and as soon as you get there, somebody should have gotten off the car, jumped the fence, slammed open the door as fast as he got in there and tried to change -- change the outcome. had they done that, you know, maybe we would have a different result. maybe we would have -- not everybody would have lived but maybe some, maybe we would have been less collateral damage. maybe just something, you know, something different. >> may

>> well, i think of people like alfred garza spoke to him yesterday right after that press briefing where we heard these officials admitting the mistakes that were made. and when i spoke to him about his daughter amerie, she went to school here, a fourth grader here, she died divergent the shooting. and when i spoke to him about what had happened, what law enforcement officials were saying he said at this point what he's looking for is accountability. he wants to make sure that what happened to his daughter doesn't happen to anyone else. >> they should have acted more promptly and more quickly. you know, time is of the essence with stuff like that. and they should have just acted quicker, and that's the bottom line. they should have reacted quicker, faster, you know. had they done that maybe we would have a different result. >> and that's what we're hearing from a number of parents out here as they deal with not only grief but anger and a whole host of emotions, but what if they had acted more quickly? just to point out his daughter, he believes his daughter was one of those children insi

we're hearing more from alfred garza, the father of anne marie. here's what he said about his daughter. >> she was the perfect daughter to me. it brings me joy that i had an opportunity to have such a great child and i tried to be the best father that i could be. no matter who is held responsible, it's not going to bring my date back, right? my daughter, she is gone and we're trying to lay her to rest and for her to be at peace but somehow some way someone needs to answer, you know, for what was -- what was done, you know. when someone out here does something wrong they have to pay for it so whoever was responsible, how are they going to, you know, try and make it right. >> moments ago president biden spoke to reporters after he returned to the white house after his weekend visit to uvalde, and he asked what will change, what is next on the issue of gun control? listen to the president. >> do you feel more motivated to get action on guns now? >> i've been pretty motivated all along. you know, the folks -- the folks who were victimized there and th

. >> reporter: another dad, alfred garza iii also mourning the loss of a little girl. >> she was the perfect daughter, yeah she was the perfect daughter. >> reporter: 10-year-old amerie jo, his only daughter and only child. garza raced to the school comforting children coming out, searching for his own. >> hey, do you know your mom, dad's phone number let's call them. let them know you're okay. >> reporter: you were helping those kids. >> yes. >> >> reporter: having no idea how your little girl was. >> i was waiting for her. >> reporter: that wait would last for six hours before getting the news he fare feared most the last photo of his daughter taken earlier in the day when she received a certificate for making the hon roaor roll. >> i just want to honor her name, the person she was the community also remembering the teachers who gave their live, trying to shield their students as bullets tore through the classroom. >> i don't doubt one bit that she stood right there in front of the gunman and said you're not taking my kids, you're not going to take my kids. that's the type of perso

. >> when he heard about the shooting, alfred garza the third raced to the school, while waiting for ws about his own daughter, garza said that he tried to comfort the children who did manage to get out. >> just overwhelmed and crying and your mom and dad's phone number, let's call them, and that's what i tried to do to bring some comfort to the kids, let them know that hey, mom and dad, that you're okay, you're safe, you are here, you are not in any harm. just calm them down the best i could. i was trying to keep my cool for the kids. you know, i was trying not to think about it. i was expecting her to walk through the door at any moment. >> you were helping those kids, having no idea how your little girl was. yeah, yeah. i was waiting for her. >> reporter: he waited six hours with the rest of her family, praying for a miracle that never came. >> it must've been -- >> it was a nightmare. >> such a pain. >> it was a nightmare. mean, you know, the unknown was the hardest part, because we didn't know if she was still alive or you know, injured, we didn't know if she passed already. >> n