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The body camera footage, released by the City of Uvalde on Saturday, provided the first glimpse of authorities bursting into the classrooms of Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, approximately 70 minutes after a shooter entered the campus and opened fire.

The records were released in response to a lawsuit filed by news organizations, including KSAT TV, seeking to obtain records of the police response to the massacre. The city also disclosed dashboard camera footage, emergency radio transmissions, 911 calls, and written records.

The body camera footage from the Uvalde Police Department did not reveal new details about the massacre, but it visually confirmed that officers were waiting in the hallways as the emergency center received 911 calls about an active shooter in the school. The records released on Saturday also included audio from 911 calls made by children inside the classrooms seeking help.

Nineteen children and two teachers died in the school shooting, the deadliest in Texas history.

The footage includes 12 body camera videos from five Uvalde Police Department officers present at the scene.

Twenty-five members of the Uvalde Police Department responded to the shooting, according to the 2022 interim report released by the Texas House of Representatives committee investigating the shooting.

Sergeant Daniel Coronado’s body camera footage from the UPD comprised most of the released footage, around two hours, capturing the moment officers stormed the classroom around 12:50 p.m. The shooter had entered the school around 11:33 a.m. and barricaded himself in classrooms 111 and 112.

“There’s a helicopter up there. Oh, God, please,” an officer is heard saying in Coronado’s footage just before the officers entered the classroom and took down the shooter.

“They’re going in,” an officer said as the scene turned chaotic. Loud shots and screams are heard in the video.

“Children!” “EMT!” and “Bring me the children!” are heard shouted by different officers.

“Where is the suspect?” one officer asks. “He’s dead,” another responds.

Coronado’s footage was blurred during his time inside the classroom.

Coronado’s body camera footage can be viewed at the top of this article. The City of Uvalde also released footage from UPD officers Randy Hill, Justin Mendoza, Daniel Martinez, and Sergeant Eduardo Canales. You can watch those videos below.

KSAT has chosen to release most of the documentation it received to allow the public the opportunity to see what happened that day. The redactions in the documents, the blurring in the videos, and the audio editing were done by the City of Uvalde and approved by lawyers representing all media outlets. Out of respect for the families of the victims, we have chosen not to publish the 911 calls from students inside the school.

Warning, the videos contain content that may be disturbing to some viewers.

Body Camera Footage of UPD Officer Randy Hill

Body Camera Footage of UPD Officer Justin Mendoza

Body Camera Footage of Sergeant Eduardo Canales

Body Camera Footage of UPD Officer Daniel Martinez

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