The Uvalde killer fired his gun outside the school for twelve minutes before entering the school where he killed two teachers and 19 children in a fourth-grade classroom.
Vicยญtor Escalon, a reยญgional diยญrecยญtor for the Texas Deยญpartment of Pubยญlic Safety, said he couldnโt say why no one stopped the now deยญceased gunยญman, 18-year-old Salยญvador Ramos.
Most of the shots were fired in the first few minutes upon entering the school.
THE STORY
Ramos shot his grandยญmother Tuesยญday mornยญing and then used her truck to drive to Robb Eleยญmenยญtary School, crashยญing the truck into a nearby ditch at 11:28 a.m., acยญcordยญing to the timeยญline laid out by Mr. Escalon.
The gunยญman then beยญgan shootยญing at peoยญple at a fuยญneral home across the street, promptยญing a 911 call reยญportยญing a gunยญman at the school at 11:30. Ramos then climbed a fence onto school grounds and beยญgan firยญing beยญfore walkยญing inยญside, unimยญpeded, at 11:40. The first poยญlice arยญrived on the scene at 11:44 and exยญchanged gunยญfire with Ramos, who barยญriยญcaded himยญself in a fourth-grade classยญroom. There, he killed the stuยญdents and teachยญers.
It took an hour for the tactical team to arrive at the school.
Escalon said the first officers on the scene entered the building, came under fire, and backed to a safe location where they requested backup and ushered staff and students into other rooms. The Border Patrol Tactical team that ultimately killed the shooter arrived an hour after this initial engagement, the director said.
“Officers were calling for additional resources. Tactical teams. We needed specialty equipment…body armor…sharpshooters…negotiators,” Escalon said. “It’s a complex situation.”
We reported earlier that an officer found out his daughter was dead from her friend. But it was not an officer, it was a medical aide. His name is Angel Garza and his daughter Amerie — his “baby” — was murdered.
Angel Garza, whose ten year old daughter Amerie was murdered, holding her photo to his heart:
“How do you look at this girl and shoot her? Oh, my baby. How do you shoot my baby?” pic.twitter.com/TKGDp81Pze
โ Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 26, 2022
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