Desperate parents pleaded with officers to act during Uvalde school shooting, video shows
August 12, 2025
Police body camera footage shows desperate parents begging law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire. County leaders on Tuesday released videos and other records detailing the law enforcement response during one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history. The shooting on May 24, 2022, left 19 students and two teachers dead. Authorities were roundly criticized for failing to confront the 18-year-old gunman for more than an hour at Robb Elementary School. One parent can be heard yelling at an officer: “Come on man, my daughter is in there!”