Uvalde student Eliahna Garcia would have turned 10 over the weekend. Instead, her family holds her funeral.

“I don’t want to die”: the 911 call of a student during the shooting in Uvalde 1:11 (CNN) — Eliahna “Ellie” García would have turned 10 over the weekend, but instead of getting ready to sing “Happy Birthday “, his family was preparing for his funeral in Uvalde. Eliahna was one of 19 students and two teachers killed by a gunman in adjoining classrooms at Robb Elementary School on May 24. The tragedy devastated the city of Uvalde (Texas), where families continue to bury this week the children who died in the shooting. On Sunday, Eliahna’s family held a wake and on Monday morning they will gather again for a funeral mass to honor the girl who loved cheerleading, basketball and dreamed of being a teacher. Uvalde residents quickly formed a support base for the survivors and families grieving the victims, including the Garcia family. Some businesses started having their employees wear the color purple and handing out purple gift bags to show support for those mourning Eliahna, who loved the color herself. But, as the community rallies around the duel, frustrations over authorities’ lack of transparency about law enforcement’s response to the shooting have been compounded by authorities’ frequently shifting narrative about what happened that day, including key details about how the shooter entered the school and how long it took authorities to kill him, prompting members of the community to demand accountability. Former Uvalde councilman Rogelio Muñoz told CNN on Sunday that he believes mistakes were made during the police response, but that several people should share responsibility for the security forces’ decisions made that day. “The truth is often grey. It’s not black and white. You have the responding state authorities who are throwing the local police under the bus (…). The responding officers were good and honorable people who, in hindsight , they made an error in judgment during a tense situation,” Muñoz said. Munoz, who has no direct knowledge of what happened during the shooting, said he believes Uvalde School District Police Chief Pedro “Pete” Arredondo is one of those sharing responsibility for the police response. security forces. Arredondo is the one who made the decision not to immediately enter the classroom where the attacker barricaded himself with the children and teachers, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). “Arredondo made mistakes that day, but he’s not the only one,” Munoz told CNN, noting that DPS officials also responded to the scene. Arredondo was recently sworn in as councilman previously held by Muñoz. Arredondo, who has stayed out of the public eye, told CNN last week that he will not release any more information while the funerals for the victims are taking place. “We’re going to be respectful of the family,” he said. “We’re going to do it at some point. When this is over and families stop grieving, then obviously we’re going to do it.” Calls for transparency have only increased in the nearly two weeks since the massacre, as local authorities and parents try to ensure that the horrific events of May 24 are never repeated. The lack of clear details around the response by security forces may hamper efforts to prevent future attacks on schools, according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde. “How are we going to be able to do anything if we can’t find out what happened in that building in those 40 minutes?” Gutierrez said in an interview with CNN on Friday. “I don’t want to go to school. What for? So they can shoot me?” The safety and recovery of child survivors in Uvalde has become an urgent priority for parents and local officials. Students will not return to the Robb Elementary School campus next school year and arrangements are being made to accommodate them at other schools, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell announced last week. That plan was reiterated at a school board meeting Friday night, but parents were left without clear answers about the board’s plans to deal with the aftermath of the shooting. Mourners pay their condolences at a memorial to the children and teachers killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Angela Turner, a mother of five in Uvalde who lost her niece in the school shooting, was outraged by the lack of clear answers. “We want answers about where the security is going to be. This was all bullshit,” she said after the meeting. “I am very disappointed in our school district.” Turner won’t let her children go back to school until they feel safe, she said, adding that her 6-year-old son told her, “I don’t want to go to school. What for? shoot me?” Robb Elementary School joins a growing network of communities shaken by gun violence. So far this year, there have been 246 mass shootings in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which, like CNN, defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, not including the attacker. Victims and relatives press for the manufacturer of the weapon to be held accountable The family of a student killed in the massacre and that of a teacher who survived the horrors of that day demand information from the manufacturer of the firearm used by the attacker, according to court documents obtained by CNN. The mother and father of 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, who was killed in the shooting, wrote separate letters to Daniel Defense, the company that makes the AR-15-style rifle used in the attack. Attorneys for Amerie’s mother, Kimberly Garcia, asked Daniel Defense to “preserve all potentially relevant information” related to the shooting, including “all potentially relevant physical, electronic, and documentary evidence” for the marketing of AR-style rifles. 15 by the company, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Alfred Garza, Amerie’s father, also demanded information about the manufacturer’s marketing strategies, particularly to children and teenagers, as well as any communication the company had with the attacker. “My purpose for being here is to honor the memory of Amerie Jo,” Garza said in a press release about the letter. “She would want me to do everything I can so that this doesn’t happen to any other child. I have to fight for her.” Emilia Marin, a teacher at Robb Elementary School, filed a petition Thursday to have Daniel Defense deposed, according to a court filing. The pre-suit motion does not accuse the manufacturer of wrongdoing, but instead investigates whether Marin has any basis to bring a lawsuit against the company. “We have to hold these people accountable,” Marin’s attorney, Don Flanary, told CNN, adding that her legal team has no plans to sue the school, police or the school district. Through the deposition requested from her, Marin’s attorneys are seeking the facts surrounding the shooting, the possession and sale of the gun used by the attacker, the death and injuries caused by the use of a Daniel Defense AR-style rifle. fifteen. They also seek information about “Daniel Defense’s pattern of marketing its products in a manner that associates firearms, and minors, with posing on social media,” according to the petition. Daniel Defense has not responded to multiple requests from CNN for comment. CNN’s Dave Alsup, Camila Bernal, Meridith Edwards, Nick Valencia, Holly Yan, Ed Lavandera, Aya Elamroussi, Paradise Afshar, Rosa Flores and Omar Jimenez contributed to this report.