Unlike the earlier pictures from the school surveillance camera that were released by the Austin American-Statesman this month, the new footage shows close-ups from just outside Classrooms 111 and 112 and reveals conversations between officers and pleas to the shooter…
Once some of the classrooms are cleared, Coronado goes back inside, where Pedro “Pete” Arredondo, the school district police chief, tells officers where they could take positions. Coronado defers to Arredondo, asking if there was any way into the classroom and offers to “bust a window.”
At 12:11 p.m., more than 30 minutes into the situation when scores of bullets have been fired, including at first responders who first approached the classrooms, someone calls out to the shooter in English and Spanish to surrender.
“This could still be peaceful,” a man says.
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