• The Uvalde, Texas, school district reportedly called the police Wednesday on journalists reporting on the elementary school shooting. 
  • Reporters gathered outside the local school district and were told that members of the Uvalde Police Department were on their way, video shows. 
  • "Uvalde PD is en route and once they get here, they will start issuing criminal tresspasses for the property," an officer told reporters. 

The Uvalde, Texas, school district called the police Wednesday on reporters trying to question officials about their handling of the elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, according to video shared by a reporter on Wednesday. 

Video posted to Twitter by CNN correspondent Shimon Prokupecz shows four law enforcement officers standing guard outside the headquarters of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. 

 

One officer then informs reporters at the scene that members of the Uvalde Police Department are on their way and are prepared to criminally charge journalists with trespassing, the 19-second clip shows. 

"Well I am just going to let you know, Uvalde PD is en route and once they get here, they will start issuing criminal tresspasses for the property," the officer says. 

Another officer chimed to note, "Yeah, they want us to give you guys the initial warning, and then if you guys are still present, they're going to issue criminal trespass," according to the video. 

" 'Cause they themselves have asked you all to leave, so," the first officer added. 

The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District and the Uvalde Police Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment by Insider on Wednesday. 

Reporters gathered outside the school district office to get their questions answered about the botched police response to the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. 

The school district police chief — Pete Arredondo — has come under fire after a top state law enforcement official identified Arredondo as the on-scene commander during the school shooting who made the "wrong decision" by delaying authorities for more than an hour from breaching the classrooms where the now-dead gunman carried out the shooting. 

The Texas Department of Public Safety, which is leading the investigation into the mass shooting, said Tuesday that Arredondo stopped cooperating with the agency. 

Arredondo on Wednesday denied the allegation to CNN, saying, "I am in contact with DPS every day."

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell said in a statement on Wednesday that the district "has and will continue to work with law enforcement who are investigating the event and realize that many questions remain."

"Because the investigation is ongoing and information is evolving, we are going to reserve comment until all state and federal agencies have completed their review," Harrell said. 

Texas authorities are facing intense backlash for changing their story more than a dozen times about what happened before, during, and after the massacre, which was the deadliest school shooting in the US in a decade. 

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