Exclusive: First Responder Recounts Rushing Into Robb Elementary
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2022
- In an emotional interview, border patrol agent Jacob Albarado recounts rushing into Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, while off duty to get to his wife and daughter who were inside the building. “I got there as fast as I could. I was trying to get toward my wife’s room and my daughter’s room,” Albarado says.
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The real hero is the woman who jumped the fence to save her kids after the cops tried to stop her. Today show should be interviewing her
EXACTLY!
Amen!
Real hero is the border patrol guy who’s shot em, he’s one of the only ones who was not a coward at this scene
@@billybob2329 Yeah you won't hear much from him, until he leaves the force or reassigned.
They both were God bless them and all the victims
Look, I'm as relieved as the next person that this man's daughter is still alive today, but his story is only going to add fuel to the fire the Uvalde PD is in. They know this guy so they let him go in to save HIS kid while his fellow officers are 1) refusing to go in themselves and 2) are literally restraining every parent there from doing what they allowed this man to do. The hypocrisy of "We're letting him go save his kid because he's one of ours and you're not" is not going unnoticed.
these colors dont run
(into a building where the is an active shooter)
I saw one parent say the Marshalls restrained her and held her arms down when she tried getting passed them. Then they tried saying “we never detained anyone on scene - we arrived on scene and ensured a calm and safe environment” on the second day. Come to find out that wasn’t the case.
Something is off about this. I’m not saying the shooter was handed a gun by the police, but I’m saying the police completely f-ed up, didn’t see warning signs posted online, didn’t run in to immediately disarm the threat as soon as they arrived on scene (apparently elementary school students could hold their own while the police coordinated because their team that was supposed to handle these emergencies couldn’t get together for some reason), and they let fellow first-responders in but not the ordinary parents with their children trapped inside with a shooter.
I also read that cops were yelling out to students “is anyone in there” and “come outside the window” and one student said one of his classmates responded while the shooter was in the room with them and he shot her. I don’t know it’s a verified but based on what the scene was described as, I wouldn’t put it past them.
Good
@@GardeninGrace it’s verified. That poor little boy that saw that…unimaginable.
At least he helped the other kids with his daughter get out. But yes, this will and should add fuel to the fire.
No, the police were not doing their best. Waiting for over an hour when kids are being slaughtered while cops with guns and gear are outside stopping parents from going in is not to be construed as "doing their best." This police response or lack of it is shameful and the cops calling the shots have to be prosecuted and fired.
I totally agree.
Fear makes cowards of us all!!!
He hesitated for a moment before answering the question. He wasn't going to bad mouth his friends and coworkers in a television interview.
@@tryagain8003 I agree
@@tryagain8003 ... He hesitated because he is as guilty as the rest of the Law Enforcement Officers and Agents in that building.
Sir, I'm so glad that you were able to go in and get YOUR CHILD. But, how dare you say that the 19 cowards sitting in the hallway outside a classroom of children actively being slaughtered did "the best they could!" No, no they did not.
To make matters worse, this guy is being hailed as a hero because people think he is the one who shot the shooter dead and because of that people are donating to his go fund me page. He had shirts being made of him and plans on using his go fund me money to travel. Shameful, that money should be given to families who actually lost their loved ones.
@@chicana9988 Where did you hear this? I believe you alright. But, GoFundMe needs to take down his page.
This father was off duty and because he had a badge he was able to go look for his wife and daughter but the other parents were told No they couldn't so this tells me we all need badges to go help our loved ones.
Agreed. They messed up so bad and those poor children paid for it with their lives.
As a LEO or first responder it is your duty & legal responsibility to help in a crisis like that, no matter if you’re on or off the clock. Had he turned a blind eye & refuse to give aid he could’ve been prosecuted for that. So, yes, he was not only allowed to go in, but legally obligated to do so. I do agree it was messed up that the other parents weren’t allowed to go in while the cops did nothing. Had the cops properly responded, there would not have been a need for the parents to go in & further complicate things. As a parent there’s no way I’m not getting pass that police barricade though, so I get their frustrations.
This is America you must have a badge or be given government permission, ie permit , license or other such paperwork must be applied for before you as a slave can protect your family.
I might be wrong but it makes sense that they would let him in he is a cop. A professional with a gun versus regular civilians.
Exactly
Parents have stated that as they were prevented from rescuing their kids,
those with police connections were allowed to go in and get their kids, unbelievable!!
They are lying and mistaken…
@@Mr.Witness or maybe you’re a sheep who believes the lying media.
Exactly. This man won't say anything bad about the cops due to his position. But I'm sure he would if it was his wife or daughter. I do feel for his wife though.
Your watching to much MSM.
Everyone looking out for what they want while this evil demon terrorized and killed innocent children. Blood is on these cops hands.
“They did all they could” Im sure if it was his baby or wife that was the victim he wouldn’t be saying the same words
Exactly, someone pulled him into a room afterwards for a private meeting possibly the chief an told him to not talk down about the other officers and the chief's incompetence.
Definitely a good point you’re making, totally true.
The man is being "kind" to the other officers because he has to live in that town for the rest of his life. He won't criticize fellow officers on national TV.
yup!!!!
This interview is a really bad look for all the law enforcement who were at the school. They all signed up and took an oath to "preserve life" and one guy in body armor and armed with a weapon prevented them from doing that. This interview was horrendously insensitive and cruel to parents of all the children who were left to be slaughtered. This coming from a father who lost my best friend and first born son . The pain is indescribable.
Praying for intense healing over you and your family 💔
He also said that the cops in the hallway HAD THEIR GEAR that he did not have.
To PJ: This is another way for the unsuspecting to subconsciously feed the BLM and ilk of movements.
Ialm so sorry 💔
And his "armor" had no plates in it🤷
All cosmetic bs
I don’t know how the police force of Uvalde could live there any longer! How could you walk past the person that held you back from saving your child while they stood there doing nothing in body armour!
what are the parents supposed to do be target practice for that kid lol
@@Hew77 if that is my child in that classroom then YES let me be target practice for that kid . At least I know I will have done SOMETHING to help my child in need.
@@mesa4592 thats called emotion, it will only get you and your kid killed
Yes! Better the parent be target practice than the children. Better to be a Hero trying to save them than a Coward living to bury them.
@@Hew77 .. Well, we now know who's the coward in the conversation..
You know who else didn't have any gear?? Those kids and teachers being shot while you and your buddies saved your own!!! You had a shotgun with ammo, they had nothing but you...and we know how that turned out.
💯💯💯
😔
They had #2 pencils and cartoon lunchboxes!!!!
It’s hilarious that he thought that would suffice as an excuse. He ran like a b**** as soon as he could.
rightly said ...
This interview is disturbing. Shows how privileged people were able to go in and get their children to safety.
I was thinking the same thing!! Lots of Dads were pushed back and out of the way. But this guy because he was a first responder and as he stated himself had no gear for protection just like the other dads but still was allowed to enter the school! You’re absolutely right disturbing admittance of privilege.
Yup
@@glorious_conqueror2021: Ironic; Even amid relief and success, nepotism is, really, another chip for the anti-cop movements to shape in the cookie of law enforcement's dearth of doughty.
Absolutely, he is not a hero. He ja a coward
@@Eaglelicious mos def
His wife’s on their local channel talking about how we need to stop “blaming” people… which is super convenient when your husband is one of the many “good guys with a gun” that took care of his own family and didn’t even consider engaging the shooter. Just one more cop worrying about his personal safety while school teachers are throwing themselves in front of bullets to save children. This story is framing him as a hero, and he literally did the bare minimum.
Where do I find their channel?
He did what he had to do it's easy to Monday QB but what would you have done if it was your daughter? The man went into a shooting area with no body armor only a shot gun and cleared rooms and helped get his kid and other kids out what your problem with that? The Uvalde Police were at the scene and and had there gear and weapons they should have been the ones to breach the door not a off duty Border Patrol in shorts and flip flops
Yeah she should tell that to the four kids that are left orphaned of her deceased colleague, the teacher who died saving her scholar and her husband who later died from a broken heart.
What's the channel name?
He also has a go fund me account that his changed 3 times asking for $ for travel baseball. Who does that?
Unfortunately, someone should have advised Jacob to not do this interview.
It might backfire, even if done in good faith.
he's an actor, if not the actual shooter of this ordeal.
Agree. 🎯 This is pathetic!!! 😡
He might be still in shock, I would be!!!
@@deirdradaniels1183 i agree
His “bravery” only makes me more furious. Why was he allowed to go in and rescue his daughter while other parents were not? Oh, because he’s a cop and they were looking out for each other. Then he says he passed the other cops DOING NOTHING as kids are shot and bleeding to death in the classes with the gunman. The poor kids in the class who are alive and uninjured desperately calling 911 for help. But he thinks his fellow officers did all that they could? This is horrific and his words only underscore how profoundly those children were failed.
Yeah I'm upset, he was able to go in because he had connection yet these other families were told to stand back. If it was his wife in that room and his kid would he still be saying that those cops did all they could.
He ran to the building where his child was ostensibly as safe as the kids who had gotten out of the building where the shooter was holed up, and he says “it wouldn’t have been a good idea for me to confront the shooter without my gear, the other guys had their gear…” so he’s just about as brave as the jerks who were standing around waiting. I guess no cops’ children were in that classroom and that’s why no one cared to go in there.
This is worst part
@@jacobhall1488 I don’t think “she” writes the headers for you tube. Pretty sure they have writers for that.
It breaks my heat and at the same time it makes me feel I did the right thing. I m a teacher and I sacrificed my career for a bit to protect a kids life last December in south Tx. My school didn’t see that and through my under the bus. This is a catalyst moment I’m still haunted by their cruelty :(
Obviously Jacob would not attack his fellow police being a policeman himself.
However, the reality is that he was totally concerned about his own child and once the child was rescued, he seemed to want to move out!
How sad that people cannot identify with others beside their own children and realize that we need to be committed to the safety of all children.
As a 35 year elementary teacher(retired), let me tell you that each child is perfect and we need to be willing to give our lives to protect and defend all of our children, not only our own children!
He helped other children leave before knowing his daughter was even safe....
You clearly didn’t listen to the interview & just wanted to speak on something
As a 35 year elementary teacher (retired), I'm sure you requested the children listen carefully to what you were saying. How ironic that you weren't able to do the same with this article.
Blame it on Democratic Chief of police Pete Arredondo
.. Only the true heroes were held back. The ones willing to confront the threat. Not go around and away under the shade of a tree drinking water.
Those kids through the window saves
themselves.
Those murdered teachers have more honor and bravery than any official I saw at the school.
Cops even got the call from dispatcher while 1st child called and nothing happened after an hour.
This guy right here should never have taken the interview. It means he wouldn't have tried just like the others with no personal assets inside.
Why is this guy even being interviewed. Nothing he could share that he did amazingly.
He has a go fund me account asking for $ for travel ball this summer. A disgrace.
everyone on the scene in the first 6 minutes needs to be fired.. because those are the people that could have intervened. He should have said everyone there dropped the ball.. and dealt with the repercussions
If I knew kids children were being slaughtered I would be in there. These adults that hesitated have no courage or compassion. These were babies. Multiple children.
@@a.francine7153 and one kid with a kidney gunshot is known to have bled to death in the 77 minutes wait time
@@a.francine7153 he's the most hurt at the end bc wife is very affected, he was outside the door with a shotgun and knew some of the dead, so many guys could've defended the children one....expects. but the boss said to stand back and do nothing👮♂️
This is going to be BIG.
Everyone down there acts SHADY, I would guess a lot of corruption.
The following people I would want to talk to.
1.) All the kids,the survivors and regular students.
2.)who ever left that door open ,if they're alive.
3.) Who ever the SRO is.
4.) The 2 men who were shot at near the funeral home.
5.)all 19 first responders
And I’ll say it again ! Had those kids been white !
He says he doesn’t go in because he didn’t have his gear and “that wouldn’t have a good decision for me”. That’s how this happened - everyone on scene thought it was someone’s else’s responsibility to go in and not their responsibility. Everyone thought about their own well-being and assumed others with better gear would go in
The other law enforcement had their gear. They are cowards.
Everyone is thinking about their family
Well he did make sure to clear a ton of rooms even if it's not his family. He could of just kept moving if he did not see his family and rescued them faster.
He only had a Shotgun and no body armor. It really would have been a bad decision for him to go blazing at the shooter.
And as he said during the time he clearing kids out even if his focus was his own family, he heard no shots during this time,
so he would not have had the extra motivation to hunt the shooter.
The swat team didn’t make it until about an hour after the first call was let out
Exactly.
This interview just goes to show that the reports about cops going in to rescue their own kids was true.
And this guy still acts like "well i didn't have my gear so i didn't go to where the shooter was" but if his kid was in that room, i doubt he would care about any gear
A man saving his family isn’t heroic, it’s their purpose. And yet another example of “professional courtesy” that isn’t extended to the general public.
the posterior covering that tried to take place afterwards tells you much of what you need to know about the integrity of the men and women tasked to serve this community
Well said
There is false information online. This man didnt do as much as people were saying. Happy he cleared the rumors. People need to know the truth.
..........scheduled DHS active shooter exercise. His story is bogus.
Yah, watch is nothing but save his own and pick up a few kids falling on the way..
Yeah was wondering the same thing. Thought they said he was the one who went in and saved the day
He was not helping kids out, They were already running out of their rooms, running to get outside.
i think people are confusing this guy and not actually hearing the interview. they just read the headline "off duty cop rushed in" and think this is the guy that shot the shooter while in reality he never was near the shooter. he just went in to get his daughter and leave
I don't understand why they are interviewing this man. I would like to see an interview with the team that finally defied orders and when in and took out the shooter.
The Border Patrol unit, from 50 miles away!!!
"I didn't have my gear"
So what? Those kids didn't have any gear either as they waited for the cops that DID have it to rescue them. Police mentality of self-preservation was HEAVILY exposed in this crisis.
Send ✍️Timmy✍️ to school ✍️ strapped✍️in full gear✍️ because cops do nothing. ✍️
Protect and serve... but themselves.
He saying that because he was able to go in and find his kid, if every parent was able to do that then I would agree, but it seems like, if they didn't know you then you can't go rescue your child, this is wicked.... PERIOD
Tell us how he confronted the shooter.
Moral of the story. He managed to go in and safe his wife and daughter because of his connections with the law enforcement. Disgusting.
ETA: Other parents couldn’t get in. One parent was tased trying to safe a child just like him. If the officers were too scared to go in and let parents like him go in then why not let other parents save their kids?yes it’s disgusting.
He’s a customs agent a law enforcement officer. What connections did he use? The police is basically his coworkers when it comes to law enforcement
Exactly there’s a lot of people on tik tok making videos saying this guy went in and got his wife and daughter and then went back in “busted the door down” and killed the shooter. People should be more respectful of the victim’s families and not set anyone up as a “hero” this guy was allowed to do what other parents were begging to do and they got put in handcuffs while he was allowed to just run in
i wouldn’t say “disgusting”. I would be wrong to say i wouldn’t use my connections to get to my kids too. What is disgusting is how the commanding officer labeled the shooter “no longer a threat”.
@@catalinaventura2044 wasnt fair for other parents
@@paynecast9935 100% agree w you. But i would do it too, if i could. but if i was on the other hand, i’d be furious
So he confirms what many parents were saying the Cops went in to get their own kids but left the others to the ultimate fate with the shooter. Meanwhile the parents outside wanted to go in with no guns, no bulletproof vests, and no training to at least try and get their own kids but but were restrained by cops while 19 cops sat there for over an hour outside the classroom and did nothing.
Except one of the victims was the daughter of a Uvalde deputy...
@@Kevin-sm8pn how exactly does that change the situation that went down with the cops holding back parents and letting their friends go in without any gear to search for their kids?? Obviously not every kid was going to survive, but casualties would’ve been much less if law enforcement would’ve engaged the shooter, instead of waiting almost an hour outside the school, wasting their time preventing parents from doing what the cops should’ve been doing in the first place.
Blame it on Democratic Chief of police Pete Arredondo
@@LBM25k lmao. Texas is predominately full of republicans. Even the majority of the officers waiting outside like idiots were republicans, you’re telling me that when it comes to kids being in danger, republicans all of a sudden have the need to follow directions?? But when it comes to breaking into the US capital for an orange president all of a sudden rules and laws don’t apply??
Sorry, but this is a great example of how republicans react to actual threats. (A lot of bark but no bite). All these powerful machine guns you people are wasting your time protecting and making easier to obtain, are literally getting your kids killed. And it’s bad when officers would rather wait outside during a mass shooting, than actually step inside and shoot back. Overall an embarrassing moment for trump supporters and republicans.
@@Kevin-sm8pn was the deputy there? Outside waiting for someone to save his daughter?
So the cops were trying to pick and choose who's kids lived and died.
"You're one of us, go ahead and save your child."
Pretty much....
Don’t lie you would have done the same… you ain’t no hero.
This could have been kept honestly. All along ppl have been outraged that police officers went in to save their own children who were not in the crossfire while others were in the midst of the horror for over an hour while their parents watched helplessly.
They did nothing
From what I keep hearing is that law enforcement was allowed to go in and get their families, if you weren't connected you were prevented, tazed and put in handcuffs, am I wrong?
@UCZ1IjPV2k2WrrHFjVbi4iig These are news reports, Mo.
I mean in an active crime scene you don't want a bunch of the public running in. I know they should've breached the door but and killed the shooter faster though.
@@Toyeboy89 How true, what you 'want' is a bunch of cops sitting around for an hour while children are literally being murdered feets away. How inconsiderate of me.
He is the border patrol agent that killed the shooter.
@@Toyeboy89 I saw one parent say the Marshalls restrained her and held her arms down when she tried getting passed them. Then they tried saying “we never detained anyone on scene - we arrived on scene and ensured a calm and safe environment” on the second day. Come to find out that wasn’t the case.
Something is off about this. I’m not saying the shooter was handed a gun by the police, but I’m saying the police completely f-ed up, didn’t see warning signs posted online, didn’t run in to immediately disarm the threat as soon as they arrived on scene (apparently elementary school students could hold their own while the police coordinated because their team that was supposed to handle these emergencies couldn’t get together for some reason), and they let fellow first-responders in but not the ordinary parents with their children trapped inside with a shooter.
I also read that cops were yelling out to students “is anyone in there” and “come outside the window” and one student said one of his classmates responded while the shooter was in the room with them and he shot her. I don’t know it’s a verified but based on what the scene was described as, I wouldn’t put it past them.
You handle the “crime scene” after the fact and leave it to the forensic technicians when the aftermath and bodies are left, marking where they lay. Not immediately removing bodies and only looking at gun analysis. I’m studying forensic science and criminal justice in college… so that “it’s an active crime scene” stuff is b.s.
Why were cops restraining parents trying to get their children BECAUSE the cops weren’t going inside while their children were being slaughtered as if they were some livestock? I don’t even have kids and I understand the gravity and mayhem that situation would’ve caused. That’s why you disarm the threat and focus on your job rather than wait, wait, and by the time you go in nearly every parent has shown up and they are panicking, scared, hearing gunfire, etc.
Even when it’s not police shooting unarmed citizens at traffic stops, and it’s police dragging their feet at the expense of children’s lives there will always be that one guy that defends them, huh?
Glad he was able to get to his family, but I really want to hear from those who defied police orders and bravely took out the shooter.
Sandy Hook police confront the shooter within 5 minutes. Why Robb took 77 minute?. There's no excuse
He literally was the border patrol agent that took out the shooter.
You want to hear the story of the “hero civilian with the gun who saved the day.” That didn’t happen.
@@BettyBlack99 seriously are you joking? You have to do whatever you have to do?
@@jimwong2823 I believe that was sarcasm - waiting for a key is insane.
So he was able to take someone else’s gun and was allowed to go into the school for his wife & kid since law enforcement knew him, but other parents were desperate to get to their children and were threatened by officers who stood outside for an hour……. Wow. Starting with a kid who clearly has issue and was able to finance assault rifles when he turned 18 and a police department that acted as if they had zero training in active shooters….this was a huge fu*k-up from beginning to end. Those poor families.
"We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know that we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie." ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn
But sir the police didn’t do enough for these precious children. They could have breached the classroom door and saved more lives. Instead they were scared for their own lives. You take an oath to serve and protect no matter what situation. They were innocent children that couldn’t protect themselves. There is no excuse for this.
MID-TERMS?
True. I agree.
He was relieved when he knew his daughter and wife were saved but wouldn’t risk anything for the rest of the kids and teachers inside . They should really reconsider if they chose the right career and for the right reasons and if saving someone else’s life is not on the list , they should resign
Did you not hear him? He still helped once his daughter was out💀💀
I thought that at first then he said there were plenty there in full gear which he assumed would be going in. But that didn't happen right away.
He said he was not with his gears as he was off duty..
Go pick up a badge then brave man behind computer, be the difference you think you would be
In such a situation, my first priority would be my child. Your child comes first... And I believe this would be the case for every parent.
It's easy to say "they did the best they could under the circumstances" when you were NOT restrained with the other parents and instead permitted to go into the building because you're a cop, DESPITE by your own admission, not having the appropriate gear and very limited ammunition......You were permitted to do what those parents outside would have given their right arms to do..........You didn't have to stand outside desperately screaming and begging to go and get your daughter like the other parents......It's easy to overlook mistakes and be forgiving when your child and your wife survived! It's easy to make excuses for your colleagues when their mistakes didn't cost you your ENTIRE world...... Funny how he said it wouldn't have been a smart idea to confront the shooter without gear but wasn't he risking that ANYWAY since he didn't know where the shooter was at the time he entered the school.....this interview is tone deaf and shameful........
Yes shame in him he didn’t care for the others kid’s only his family he could borrow some gear is so sad when you loses a child is horrible and painful for those family’s
I think he’s pathetic. He had a shotgun while the kids and teachers had nothing but soon as he gets what he wants he runs for safety.
Even if he was off duty, he only went in to rescue his wife and daughter? Every first responder and cop (including this guy) are cowards.
He was also helping the kids get out did you not watch the video ?
Also you don’t know what you would do in that situation if your child was in.
Exactly. With a shotgun. And coward didn’t go to the shooter because he didn’t have his “gear”.
This is a prime example that some Police Officers are not protecting their communities like their supposed to!
@Eggman yes they are...they are supposed to protect and serve the public...it's even in their oath.
@@akgrandma5035 what are you talking about? No one cares about their dumb oath. There's no legal obligation because supreme court ruled against their being an obligation for police officers to risk their lives in dangerous situations. Have you seen any coverage of people talking about what charges can be brought against them? No. The only precedent is the cop in Parkland who sat in a stairwell and will be facing trial. If these cops go to trial it will be new territory. Don't get why Americans are so ignorant to the reality of this.
It's the commanders that we're not allowing the officers to do their job. What's going on??!
@Eggman What country are you from!?
@@akgrandma5035 actually back in 2005 it was found through legal proceedings that they have no legal obligation to engage an active shooter.
Probably would had said something differently if it were his wife and kids who were the 21 killed.
OMG. everybody blaming everybody else except the shooter and the unlocked door. School needs to be sued.
@@travet1000
No everyone looking at the BIG picture. This is not the first school shooting. We need to look at it all. Because we keep allowing this to happen.
@@travet1000 Door doesn't matter since there were windows shooter could break into. It's obvious that the shooter is to blame, but so are the cops for letting kids bleed out.
@@travet1000 Nailed it!!!
@@travet1000 the shooter is dead. is not really much that can be done to blame someone we know did it.
people want to hold the police accountable for their inaction. they take up 40% of this town's budget and decided to wait over an hour before taking down the shooter. many more lives could had been saved
This story initially made me feel “good” for lack of a better term, but it is now angering me. The law enforcement in this community is all about self preservation. “Avoid the area where the guy is shooting the kids,” was the mindset of all the law enforcement involved.
Our family will continue praying for this incredible community ♡
Its so sad to hear that some people had the privilege to enter the school independently and look for their kids. What about the other kids? 🥺
What crime scene situation would the police ever let random public run in though? They knew this guy was an off duty border patrol agent, knew they could trust him.
@@Toyeboy89 Its wasn’t a crime scene it was an active shooter situation that they were too scared to go in to. Why not, let the parent’s risk their own life for their children, since they weren’t doing anything. It’s ridiculous
Just a free for all of these guys looking after their own.
Then become the police so they can have the previlege to go in.
@@christine6606 Im sure you say this because you dont have children or its not you in the situation. People are so selfish!! 🤢
"Everyone was doing the best they could" by leaving little kids dying in a room with a gun man for 80mins?
He has to be careful of what he says. It is a small community and it could have a negative impact on him and his family.
“ I didn’t have my gear “ but the kids didn’t have gear. Can’t wait for the FBI review everyone should be fired.
Your watching and believing the news. Unless your a police officer or you're part of the swat team who needs to follow protocol. Stop drinking the Koolaid.
@@sonya6491 School should be sued for not having the doors locked also.
@@travet1000 What about the windows? Doors don't make much difference.
wow.. it’s been a full week without them it’s truly devastating 💔
The ‘everyone knows me” is a very big thing here in Uvalde. From getting toilet paper a couple years back to getting a decent job. Most of us know about it as soon as we start job hunting. I can’t blame this guy for being able to go inside and get his daughter, because literally anyone would have done it given the opportunity. Because knowing people in the town is a thing.
This is true. Don’t think I’d have the job I have now if it wasn’t for someone on the inside vouching for me.
If I was him I would have saved my child by any and all means necessary....I also wouldn't have done this interview. For a police department that is looking as bad as the Uvalde PD is, this guy made it worse.
A lot worse.
Everyone in that community is devastated. Really sad.
Except the cops, they don't care
Was he denied rescuing his family, was he physically assaulted by other LEOs to prevent him going in? Law enforcement are not the victims but compromised contributors to this tragedy.
Only blue lives matter
It's been over a week and I still can't help but cry whenever I see this news. I'm constantly hugging my baby sis as much as I can
He went in to save his wife and daughter, and not to be a hero!
But so many others who would’ve done the same for their children didn’t have this same opportunity. Police only looked out for themselves while 19 children and 2 teachers were brutally murdered.
With all respect. As a parent I don't think I could run and leave my child behind in a situation like that.
That part! I couldn’t do it. But I also understand that as a teacher you are responsible for your kids/class.
AMEN. ISHMAEL ,I COULDNT DO IT.
@@spirit13the1st6 I couldn’t deal with the guilt of saving other kids and not attempting to saving my own and she dies. Lord help our world !
Never!
@Kate Brown I hope you’re not a parent, if you are, I hope your children would never have to depend on you to save their lives.
It sucks that parents were able to save their kids but only if they had police connections. What an incompetent police department..
Don't say that. They did everything they could. The more people that entered wouldve made the situation alot worse.
@@tuanha5264 No. Kassandra hit the nail on the head. Special treatment for their own. They don't let parents rush in to get their kids, but they let this guy go in to get his wife and then get his kid. That's complete BS. The cops were holding all the parents back while listening to gunfire inside and they only let cops go in to rescue THEIR OWN KIDS and not anyone else's. That's such a huge pile of BS.
To Kassandra Tovar: Please, do not feed the BLM and any anti-police movements.
@@eddyvideostar There's no anti-police movement, here. Just angry people about these officers not doing their job and letting children be massacred while they save their own. Definitely not all cops. My uncle is a retired police chief, my mother is a retired prison guard, my father was an MP in the Korean war and a friend of mine was a prison guard who is now a US Marshal. None of them would have let this happen.
Please don't defend police who aren't doing their jobs. Just defend the ones who actually DO do their jobs.
@@frey8725 They let him in because he was one of the first few people there. So its not BS. Watch the video again and you'll see.
This interview just deepens the wounds and heartbreak even more.
If he actually thought law enforcement officers did the best they could then why did he bother going in?... He only said that because his child and wife were ok
Facts!! He seems so sketchy we know the truth he only went in cuz his kid n wife smh
He had the privlege to be able to go in and get his family. Other parents were put in handcuffs and pepper sprayed while being held back. While I sympathize with him one end, it is infuriating on the other. His story only valadates what has been said already. Police were allowed to go in and get their loved ones out. It seems like he had more empathy for his fellow cops than the other parents and children. It seems that adage that police serve and protect themselves is clearly on display here.
Because he's a trained law enforcement officer. 5'0" 200lb Priscilla isnt.
@@handled99 So only trained law enforcement officers are allowed to save their own children? You must not have children.
@@les0101s Yes. All your going to do being untrained is become an additional victim and thus become an additional problem they have to deal with. Let trained professionals who have skills to think and act under high stress handle it and not people who may have all the passion, but zero training. It's a terrible mix in a critical incident.
But none of these “trained professionals” “handled” anything ?????
@@handled99 Do a little critical thinking before you start posting. “Let the trained professionals who have skills to think and act”, and those trained professionals did a whole lot of thinking and acting right?
What about all the kids that didn’t have a father or relative in law enforcement?🥺 those police officers failed all those innocent babies 😭prosecute them ALL
The school district is just as guilty. Why wasn’t that school on lockdown?? Why was the door propped open??? As long as we’re placing blame let’s be include all the wrong doers
Only blue lives matter. No surprise cops only saved their own kids and let everyone else die. Cowards.
Along with Abbott, Patrick and Paxton, the 3 stooges
May God Bless These Grieving Parents & Their Hearts. And May They Have Healed Hearts & A Timely Spiritual Recovery Also.
I don’t know why they interview this guy. He used his connections to go in to get HIS OWN CHILD and then left. How is he a hero??
He’s not-please spread that he has a go fund me account asking for $$ for travel baseball
He's not.
So, In other words, he (a law enforcement agent) was able to go in and save his family, while all the other parents had to stay outside and wait. FOH
Yea….. he’s buddy buddy with the first responders so he will never admit they were lacking!!! Even if it’s over his own child! How sad!!! And sick!!!!!
I wasn't done thank you so much sir you are a hero every bit of the word thank you for being alive I'm sharing air with me on this planet
So many stories.... I can't and never will be able to wrap my mind around this!!!
This is insane, he used his police connections to get his own kids out?!?!
I saw one parent say the Marshalls restrained her and held her arms down when she tried getting passed them. Then they tried saying “we never detained anyone on scene - we arrived on scene and ensured a calm and safe environment” on the second day. Come to find out that wasn’t the case.
Something is off about this. I’m not saying the shooter was handed a gun by the police, but I’m saying the police completely f-ed up, didn’t see warning signs posted online, didn’t run in to immediately disarm the threat as soon as they arrived on scene (apparently elementary school students could hold their own while the police coordinated because their team that was supposed to handle these emergencies couldn’t get together for some reason), and they let fellow first-responders in but not the ordinary parents with their children trapped inside with a shooter.
I also read that cops were yelling out to students “is anyone in there” and “come outside the window” and one student said one of his classmates responded while the shooter was in the room with them and he shot her. I don’t know it’s a verified but based on what the scene was described as, I wouldn’t put it past them.
Blue lives matter bro!
What's wrong with that ??? He done his best cut him some slack christ
You would to dont kid everyone!
Yes. But who wouldn't do that? "It's not fair the other parents can't get their kids, so I'm just gonna stay out here"
I've never been married, nor am I a parent. But I'm devastated by this tragedy. I don't know how all parents feel about this. But as far as I am concerned, all children are my children, as all children are your children. Hilary Clinton said, "It takes a village to raise a child." It takes all of us to raise, support, teach and PROTECT the children.
If your not devastated by this something definitely wrong with them 💔
Your comment was wonderful.. the quote is true.. but you will be better off not mentioning the 'hrc' - and children's well-being in the same sentence. God bless you sir 🙏
@@lindaoliver9981 oh FFS take that political sh*t elsewhere. Hillary is a mom.
Exactly. HC, didn’t like children at all 😞
@@lindaoliver9981 Joe Made the same statement!!
So it Means: They own your kids while they are at school, They oue the Contients of what they say or teach your child!
So if you want THEM to control what your child is taught then Your part of the problem!
This reporter doing lots of smiles during shooting interviews. Even this cop sounds cheerful.
Sounds like he got his own kid out then decided he didn't have enough "gear" to go after the real threat. Sounds like every other cop there. If his daughter wasn't in the school would he have risked going in at all. Dozens of officers thought they were men the day before, stopping citizens and writing tickets. I'll leave the rest up to you
He is not a first responder. He is a father who is friends with the cops and that helped him looking for his kid and wife who were already somewhere else. When he learnt they were fine he left. There were no first responders in Uvalde.
EDIT - Disregard my post, inaccurate info >> Uh, he's the guy that shot and killed the shooter, so no, he didn't learn his wife and kid were fine and then just leave.
No he isn't lol
@@jasonbone5121 He is NOT that guy.
@@marianemes72 Oh wow, that's what was reported a few days ago. My bad, sorry, wasn't trying to misinform. Thanks for the correction.
@@jasonbone5121 I think the confusion comes from the Border Patrol involvement. Yes, there was a border patrol guy who, among other federals, shot the gunman. And there were other border patrols members who happened to be parents and rushed to the school for their family. No problem. :)
As a teacher, one has the responsibility of ensuring the lives of the children in your class. Those children basically become your kids during the school day. It’s makes sense that she left to safety, especially knowing that her husband was going in for their daughter after being given special treatment and access to the school by the police. Unfortunately no other parent was given the same opportunity. The opportunity to save their child. Highly shameful that the police only worried about getting THIER children out and left others to die all whilst the parents were right outside willing to give their lives for them. Uvalde police disgustingly failed these beautiful babies and everyone involved in faulting to take action needs to be prosecuted and suffer consequences.
Goes to show how important it is for a child to have two loving parents
😫🤧😫 Sad but true... So sad...
Literally, it's like, DON'T TELL ME I can't go in to try to get my baby when None of you are trying to save them... Unimaginable.
Agreed. Uvalde PD are a disgrace. And I'm also sick of the media making BP Agent Alvarado out to be some kind of a hero. It's self-evident from what he says here he was not any better than the rest of these cowards. Obviously the cops aren't going to protect teachers and kids. The solution is to arm the teachers and give them the best possible firearms training. But obviously that won't come from the Uvalde PD, which apparently have the gear but don't know how to use it.
He was an off duty border patrol and sounds like he did keep trying to get alot of kids evacuated .however the other cops in the hallway were cowards
Thank you. Your the real hero.
Breaks my heart. First time I cry this makes it too real
wheres the guy that killed the shooter ? This dude didnt even do anything… also the fact that police just let him in to get his family while parents of those being shot were being held on the ground. AND THEN HE SAYS I BELIEVE THEY DID THE BEST THEY COULD.
I agree with you!!!
Riiight! I don't find his actions admirable given he had a shotgun and his job is protect the borders and the citizens within our borders NOT JUST his family
Thank You
Ten bucks says if his daughter was in that classroom with the shooter he would have gone in with or without proper gear. Not convinced any of those officers, with the exception of the ones who finally took down the shooter, are 100 percent hero. Gratitude for what they did do, but….
He only went in with balls because his wife and children were in side. Otherwise he would be like the other officers outside waiting.
@@monicacardenas8140 He's border patrol, bud. They're the ones who actually went in and took care of the situation. Your beef is with the local law enforcement not this man and border patrol.
@@JorgeRojas-ut3wj Yeah they watch to many movies they think every cop is like RAMBO - or it's a video game and if you die you can just come back to life. The dude was off duty had No Body Armor and only had a shotgun so you want some guy in shorts and a hunting shotgun to break down a door rush in and shoot a shotgun that tend to send buck shots all over the place and let's not pretend the kid is not going to shoot him dead as soon as he enters the room.
@@JorgeRojas-ut3wj he went in to get his wife and kid then dipped, he didn’t help no one else
You’d do the same. He figured the police had the gunman and he was worried about his own kids.
This guy, can’t exactly call him a man, could care less as soon as his wife and kid were safe!!! That’s CLEAR in this interview!!!
Did you not hear him say that he was helping evacuate kids after his was out?
@@michelewalburn4376 did you not hear him say he walked past those police in the hallway, yet he felt no need to do anything but defend them! So the reporter suggests to him he helped other kids too & he goes along with it, plus apparently he set up a go fund me to capitalise on people thinking he's a "hero", but there's no evidence he did anything but lie & defend all the cowards from his cowardly gang
He only said “they did the best in their power” because he doesn’t believe that but he doesn’t wanna lose his job, first responders clearly failed and they have to man up and let the world know.
The world knows!
In the end he says "They were doing everything they could" Won't criticize his fellow officers. Got to keep the 'Cop Code' intact.
Yep typical pig
I wish she would have asked if his child was in that room if he would have gone in. I can't believe he would go on TV and say that he was permitted to save his kid while others were not.
I'm sure the dads who had children in the perps room would have gone in like me. Cops created this situation.
this is the police for you. They believe that no matter what they do, even if its the obviously wrong thing to do, that they are right.
He and his wife are on national TV talking nonsense. He and his wife should go and hide their face
@@cocobutterchin6768 what did his wife say?
My heart felt prayers to all familys
I was praising this man turns out it was all false
He admitted to saving only his loved ones including the other officers
Which is understandable but what about the other kids they could’ve save the teachers who passed away they’re the real heroes they tried their best to protect their kids
I can’t imagine the pain the parents and families are going through after finding out more and more about how their kids were hoping to be saved
I really hope the take strong actions against them you signed up to put your life in danger to save your community
That’s what any father would do thats your for instinct as a parent/spouse. He said he was helping the kids get out the window and he didn’t know where the shooter was and clearing the area he’s a hero
@@joshtheboss4263 no he's not a hero. I wish people would stop using that term for any jo blow doing absolutely nothing. He helped a couple kids out of a window like any normal person not in harms way would have done, big deal. The heros are the federal cops who defied the orders of the local police and went to confront the shooter. You literally said that's a parents instinct to go after their child first. Well you're correct, so that doesn't make you a hero.
This is truth..so heart breaking
@@coreyjohnson5346 exactly! dude got his own daughter and on the way out, help kids climb through a window. kids that were already doing that
@@coreyjohnson5346: At 3:16 minutes: Good taste: The lady wearing a Rolling Stones t-shirt and tanning shorts. Well done.
He said he went in then said he wasn’t allowed in… no parent wants to ever feel the panic that would go with active shooter at your child’s school. He was KNOWN to staff and officers and was able to go in. Others weren’t afforded that same opportunity because I guarantee parents there would have taken those bullets to get to their babies.
Some parents took tazings from cops outside that wanted to do the same thing.
Those cops were corrupt. It's so messed up.
So he wasnt one of them that took down the shooter?
Blame it on Democratic Chief of police Pete Arredondo
People just want to point and blame
More people need to be like him
Seeing he didn't hear shots is why I suspect they thought they had time and didn't go in. Still wrong but not some willful evil conspiracy by local cops who care about community
so the story going around that he went in is fake ? he didnt do nothing but get his family out
everything you heard about the story is fake. when y'all gonna finally wake up?! the time is near.
Thank God for this man !
Excellent reporting. Very sensitively done.
He is very effected by it, every parent is affected by this tragic event. He is double because both his wife and daughter was there. But doubly blessed that they were brought to safety.
Not blessed just privileged.
It’s been a week and I can’t help my self, can’t stop thinking of those who lost their loved little ones and those teachers, why should this happen to our little kids? It’s heartbreaking 💔 no words can help those parents who have lost their daughters and sons. Still I’m in shock and I’m grieving with them 💔😭😭💔
Don't worry, it's a hoax anyway. The left there in the US is crazy about gun control they would do anything just to get their way. Disgusting
I share the same thoughts. It's hard to process that these innocent angels have lost their lives. And even scarier is the fact that nothing is being done to change gun control legislation. Why must we put up with these events over and over...our children pay the price.
I feel your pain. We moved from Uvalde 5 yrs ago, my husband and I got married there, we had our babes there, we were part of the community. My heart is shattered and I cannot pull myself together most days. I learned at a vigil today that every time I cry for Uvalde I shall pray for Uvalde. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so Much Sir, you are A true Hero,this brings tears to my eyes. You are a brave man MAy the Lord bless you 😢
This interviews backfired on him gloriously - but happy his family was unarmed.
Sir you are LYING.
Everyone there DID NOT DO THEIR BEST.
Period.
That's an understatement.
He was off duty.. but was allowed to go in and get his family.
Don’t get me wrong good for him. But how many parents were tasered or pepper sprayed for trying to do the same thing.
The police failed in all accounts
He says like 4 times in the interview "I DIDN'T GO IN." Do people even listen? HE DIDN'T GO IN. Other officers helped his wife and other students get out. He says his daughter was in a whole different wing of the school. They couldn't get into the rooms the shooter locked.
@@trustno1138 people never listen
"I didn't have my gear, so I didn't go in. I just continued trying to find my wife and daughter." Pretty clear the only thing he cared about was his own family members and his personal safety. How many lives could have been saved had he or someone with some balls hadn't hesitated and taken action? So much for what I've always heard about testosterone and Texas. Pathetic. "I believe everyone there was doing everything within their power." So IOW Agent Alvarado isn't the hero the media has been making him out to be. He's seems quite eager to cover for fellow cowardly cops.
The dude went into an active shooter situation with no armor and a shotgun he had no idea how many shooters they were or where they were but yet he went in and got his kid and other kids out. They were officers at the entrance that were fully armed and armored so he new he was in that room with no getting out. At that point he did the right thing they had professionals at the entrance fully armed and did not need a gun in shorts and only a shot gun get in the way. The issue that everyone has is that the commander issued a stand down and told them not to breach and they did not - If they new it was an active shooter then they royally screwed up but if it was reported by dispatch as a hostage then they did the right thing....Still need more information to determine all the blame - Teacher who let the door open - Commander who issued stand down - Dispatcher did they handle the call correctly - Did anyone over ride the commander? etc//////////////
Exactly. “I didn’t have my gear”. Guess who else didn’t have gear?! Those babies. And you and your shot gun decided to be a coward.
Totally agree - not impressed at all.
Prayers to all. 🙏
He was worry about his daughter and wife which understandable. He couldn’t go into rescue mode because he didn’t have his gear. Imagine the children hearing the gunman and shots being fired.. UNBELIEVABLE
He did get kids out. Just in a different area. Of course he'd go to where his wife and kids are!!
You don't have to have gear to have a whole bunch of other kids following behind you out the door.
That shouldn't be the norm, I would have been in there even if my wife and kids weren't in that school because I understand that there are other wives and kids in their who want to live as much as mine own
As a father and a husband, this person did exactly what was necessary. As a law enforcement officer, this is not a good look for him or the department. He should have just lay low and away from the media, be thankful that he still has his loved ones.
Is that so the chiefs and governor can spin their narrative? Having trouble understanding why being honest about what he did on that day, is a bad thing.
Yeah, I am would wait it out and let the dust clear and give people time to mourn before I went on camera
You forgot a very important thing in your "praise" - he could only do so because he was a off-duty cop and the others knew so they let him pass while holding back the other parents from doing the same. Not so heroic after all, right?! Worst part, he did not even attempt to save other children/teachers. This is not what a hero but an egomaniac does. No need for people like him in the force!
I disagree with everything 100% . "not a good look for him or the department" is a vast understatement. Did he go in as a parent or LE? He was not just a husband and a father or he would have been standing outside on the sidewalk watching. Can't have the cake and eat it too. The police stopped other fathers and mothers from going in at all. Yeah, I know can't have civilians in there right? An hour later would you still be waiting for someone to stop the shots?
Very true
My wife was in the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 and I also got that text from her that night. That is a text that you never want to see on your phone. Your a hero bro and thank you for what you did.
It's heartbreaking that he was ALLOWED to go in because he knew most of them while so many parents were forced to wait out and even assaulted for asking to go in. Glad he also saved other children, but this doesn't sit well with me.
Must be nice to be able to go in and find ur kid and wife to make sure they r safe. Never count on others to protect ur family the way you would protect ur family. Smh he should feel ashamed of him self.
I saw one parent say the Marshalls restrained her and held her arms down when she tried getting passed them. Then they tried saying “we never detained anyone on scene - we arrived on scene and ensured a calm and safe environment” on the second day. Come to find out that wasn’t the case.
Something is off about this. I’m not saying the shooter was handed a gun by the police, but I’m saying the police completely f-ed up, didn’t see warning signs posted online, didn’t run in to immediately disarm the threat as soon as they arrived on scene (apparently elementary school students could hold their own while the police coordinated because their team that was supposed to handle these emergencies couldn’t get together for some reason), and they let fellow first-responders in but not the ordinary parents with their children trapped inside with a shooter.
I also read that cops were yelling out to students “is anyone in there” and “come outside the window” and one student said one of his classmates responded while the shooter was in the room with them and he shot her. I don’t know it’s a verified but based on what the scene was described as, I wouldn’t put it past them.
Only blue lives matter
*_Schools have security cameras. WHERE IS THE FOOTAGE?_*
We don't really need footage since the police told everyone they didn't go in.
Yes waiting to see footage of propped door and that's how he entered
Doing this interview does nothing but add to the doubts about the police response.
I understand his point of view, he wanted to get to his family like anyone would. But was the fact that he was allowed in when the others were held back fair?
His is not telling the truth. No one rushed in to save the children. Children bled to death waiting to be rescued. They make me 😡.
So He didn't go into the classroom the shooter was in because according to him he didn't have his gears. So what is heroic about that? He went in just to save his wife and daughter and once he knew they were safe, he made no attempt to go in the classroom the shooter was in. Hero my foot.
Thank you
nah!! bro you got your kid out while parents were held back from saving their children. disgusting! he says the police did what they could yea because you were able to go in and save yours. what about those other kids that’s died because their parents were not allowed!! the chief should be fired this whole department should be fired