Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts, FRONTLINE, @ProPublica and @texastribune reconstruct law enforcement’s chaotic response to the May 2022 Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps and lessons learned.
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Using official bodycam, audio and investigative interviews with responding officers, the documentary reconstructs how events unfolded at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, giving a detailed analysis of one of the most criticized mass shooting responses in recent history, and providing real-time insight into law enforcement’s thoughts and actions.
The documentary and in-depth story co-published by the news organizations provide powerful accountability reporting about what went wrong in the response to one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.
“Inside the Uvalde Response” is a FRONTLINE production with The Documentary Group in association with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. The director is Juanita Ceballos. The producers are Juanita Cellabos and Michelle Mizner. The co-producer is Lauren Prestileo. The writer is Juanita Ceballos. The senior producers are Nina Chaudry and Gabrielle Tenenbaum. The reporters are Lomi Kriel and Lexi Churchill (ProPublica/The Texas Tribune) and Jinitzail Hernandez (The Texas Tribune), with editing by Zahira Torres of ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. The editor-in-chief of ProPublica is Stephen Engelberg. The editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune is Sewell Chan. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Prologue
01:12 – Analyzing the Uvalde School Shooting Law Enforcement Response
06:13 – In Investigative Interviews, Police Recall Entering Robb Elementary
19:37 – A Teacher’s 911 Call: ‘Robb Elementary Has an Active Shooter’
26:32 – Police Officers Responding to Uvalde Shooting: ‘There’s Kids in There’
35:32 – A Robb Elementary Student Calls 911 37 Minutes Into Crisis: ‘Send Help’
46:27 – Responding Police Officers Reflect on the Uvalde School Shooting
52:00 – Credits
