- A reporter said parents at $4 could be heard screaming from the parking lot.
- Austin-American Statesman reporter Niki Griswold described the sounds as "agonized screams."
"The agonized screams of family members are audible from the parking lot."
That's how a reporter covering the $4 in Uvalde, Texas, described the scene on Tuesday night.
In a $4, Niki Griswold, a journalist with Austin-American Statesman, described the anguish at the Uvalde Civic Center, which is serving as a reunification site for families impacted by the shooting.
"A family has erupted into sobs outside the civic center," she said.
—Niki Griswold (@nikigriswold) $4
The scene was reminiscent of ones that took place after $4 in 2012, noted New York Times reporter Maggie Astor $4.
"After Sandy Hook, I read about how the group of parents waiting in a firehouse had dwindled until finally they were told that if they were still there, their children were dead. The reporters wrote that the screaming could be heard from the street. I will never forget that," she wrote.
—Maggie Astor (@MaggieAstor) $4
$4 described how "frantic parents" had flocked to the Sandy Hook firehouse. "Why? Why?" one woman wailed as she walked up the road from the school.
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Late Tuesday night, Griswold tweeted that families in Uvalde were still "waiting for any
"I spoke to one man who says he's been waiting for news about his niece for hours. Heart is so heavy," she added.
In another update, she wrote: "Many families are still waiting for news, hoping to be told that their child is in the hospital, either in Uvalde or San Antonio. The alternative is their worst nightmare."