RAIN OVERNIGHT. LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND THUNDER AND SOME GUSTY WINDS TO. WE’VE GOT THE
LATEST UPDATE COMING UP.
IT IS WEDNESDAY. MAY 25TH.
WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER THIS
MORNING. THAT’S RIGHT. WE’LL
GET TO WEATHER AND TRAFFIC IN
JUST A MOMENT THIS MORNING.
WE KNOW NOW THE IDENTITY, ONE
OF THE CHILDREN KILLED AT ROBB
ELEMENTARY IN UVALDE. ABC NEWS
CONFIRMING THAT 10 YEAR-OLD.
>> EXIT YOUR LOPEZ WAS A 4TH
GRADE AT THE SCHOOL KILLED.
A FAMILY MEMBER TELLS ABC NEWS
THAT HIS MOTHER WAS THERE FOR
AN AWARDS CEREMONY EARLIER IN
THE DAY. AND THIS MORNING,
PEOPLE IN THE VALLEY SOON WILL
BE WAKING UP TO A SEEMS LIKE A
NIGHTMARE THAT IS IF THEY EVER
WENT TO SLEEP A GUNMAN’S
RAMPAGE OUT. ROBB ELEMENTARY
HAS DEVASTATED THAT TOWN AND
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS THE WORLD
FOR THAT MATTER.
>> THE DEATH TOLL NOW STANDS
AT 19 STUDENTS AND 2 TEACHERS.
PLUS THE 18 YEAR-OLD KILLER.
>> TO WEBER IS LIVE OUTSIDE
THAT SCHOOL WITH THE VERY
LATEST. AND HEALING IS A
PRIORITY KATRINA. BUT WE
UNDERSTAND THEY’RE ALSO STILL
AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION GOING
ON.
>> THAT’S WHY THEY’RE GOOD
MORNING, STEPHANIE. ROB BELL
ABOUT TO HEAR IS STILL AN
ACTIVE CRIME SCENE THAT WE HAVE
SATE TROOPERS REGARDING THE
BUILDING AND ALSO HAVE THE
STREET BLOCKED TO THE
COMMUNITY. AS WE KNOW THAT THE
THAT USUALLY WOULD SEE
MEMORIALS, A SET UP AT A SITE
LIKE THIS, THAT IS NOT THE CASE
BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS AREA IS
CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY. WHAT WE
DO HAVE IS A SEA OF NEWS CREWS
HERE COVERING THIS
HEARTBREAKING STORY ACCORDING
TO WHAT WE WERE TOLD IN THE
LATEST BRIEFING THAT WAS ABOUT
11 O’CLOCK LAST NIGHT. WE HAVE
19 STUDENTS START TO ADULTS
ALONG WITH THE GUNMAN. AGAIN,
THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL
GOING SO THOSE NUMBERS COULD
CHANGE THAT. WELL, ACCORDING TO
WHAT WE WERE TOLD, THIS STARTED
WITH THE KILLING SHOOTING, HIS
OWN GRANDMOTHER AT HER HOME IN
THE COMING YEAR TO ROBB
ELEMENTARY AND UNLEASHING A
DEADLY ATTACK. AGAIN, 19
STUDENTS KILLED 2 ADULTS.
THE GUNMAN ALSO DEAD. AND WE
UNDERSTAND THERE ARE 3 OTHER
STUDENTS AND A 66 YEAR-OLD
WOMAN STILL IN THE HOSPITAL.
NOW IN THIS LEAGUE, WE’RE TOLD
THAT THE SHOOTER’S FRIEND
MOTHER HAD DIED, BUT THEN THAT
WAS CORRECTED LAST NIGHT.
WE’RE TOLD THAT SHE IS STILL
ALIVE AND IN THE HOSPITAL.
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY ALSO IN BAD
NEED OF HEALING. AND WE WERE
TOLD THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE
TEACHERS COME TO SCHOOL THIS
MORNING, EVEN THOUGH THE
SEASON IS OVER FOR NOW, WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE THEM HERE.
THEY ALSO GOING TO HAVE
COUNSELORS HERE AS WELL.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THEY ALSO
WILL HAVE A HEALTH WAS
AVAILABLE FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY AT THE CIVIC CENTER
LATER TODAY. WELL, IT’S A
PRETTY SAFE BET THAT WE WILL
ALSO BE GETTING ANOTHER
BRIEFING AT SOME POINT
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO WE WILL
HAVE THAT UPDATE FOR YOU AS IT
BECOMES AVAILABLE. REPORTING
LIVE IN UVALDE KATRINA WEBBER
KSAT, 12 NEWS.
>> KATRINA, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. IN THE IMMEDIATE
AFTERMATH OF THE SHOOTING, MANY
PEOPLE HAVING TO WAIT FOR
UPDATES ON LOVED ONES. LEE
WILDMAN HAD BEEN MONITORING
THAT SITUATION ALL DAY
YESTERDAY AT THE ABOUT THE
CIVIC CENTER WHERE FAMILIES
HAVE BEEN GETTING UPDATES.
AND RIGHT NOW SHE HAS THE
LATEST FROM THERE THIS MORNING.
>> IT’S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY
HEARTBREAKING SCENE HERE
OUTSIDE OF THE CIVIC CENTER.
FAMILIES COMING OUT OF THOSE
DOORS THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING,
HOLDING ON TO ONE ANOTHER AND
CRIME. WANT TO GO AHEAD AND
SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO OF HOW IT
LOOKED THROUGHOUT THE DAY HERE.
THERE WERE MOMENTS OF SILENCE
BROKEN BY SHATTERING SCREAMS
AND SOBS. I SPOKE WITH 2
FATHERS WHO ARE WAITING TO HEAR
ABOUT THEIR 10 YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER’S ONE NAME AND MURRAY,
THE OTHER AND A BELT.
>> BOTH OF THOSE DAD SAY THE
HARDEST PART OF THIS ALL.
>> IS THE NOT KNOWING HIS
PARENTS ARE NOT HERE AND THEY
HAVE THEIR KIDS AND THEIR KIDS
OUT OF SCHOOL. KNOW IF MY KID
WAS WITH ME ID AT HOME RIGHT
NOW, I’M HERE BECAUSE MY
DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN THE
INCIDENT AND SOMETHING HAPPENS.
WE DON’T KNOW HER STATUS, MORE
SICK TO MY SICK TO MY STOMACH,
>> I DON’T KNOW. NOTHING BAD.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
MEAN, THAT’S NOT MY GOAL.
>> NOW, INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING
BEHIND US, WE’RE ALSO BEING
TOLD THERE’S DNA SWABBING
TAKING PLACE TO AID IN THE
IDENTIFICATION PROCESS. JUST
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GRUESOME
DETAILS WE’RE LEARNING AFTER AN
INCREDIBLY HORRIFIC EVENT.
WE DO WANT TO REMIND THE
COMMUNITY THAT AT THE CIVIC
CENTER THIS MORNING AT 08:00AM
IT WILL OPEN UP WITH GRIEF
COUNSELORS FOR TEACHERS AND
STAFF WHO ARE AT ROBB
ELEMENTARY AND AT 10:00AM IT
WILL BE OPEN AGAIN WITH THOSE
GRIEF COUNSELORS FOR THE REST