The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers crossed the grounds of the Texas elementary school without being confronted and entered the building through an unlocked door, authorities said
The latest official details from the Texas Department of Public Safety on Tuesday's mass shooting differed from initial police accounts and raised questions about security measures at the school and the response of law enforcement.
Preliminary police reports had said that Ramos, who drove to the school from his home after shooting and wounding his grandmother there, was confronted by a school-based police officer as he ran toward the school. Two responding officers entered the school four minutes later but took cover after Ramos fired multiple rounds at them, Escalon said.
In one video posted on Facebook by a man named Angel Ledezma, parents can be seen breaking through yellow police tape and yelling at officers to go into the building. Investigators were still seeking a motive, Escalon said. Ramos, a high school dropout, had no criminal record and no history of mental illness. Minutes before the attack, however, he had written an online message to someone saying he was about to "shoot up an elementary school," according to Governor Greg Abbott.
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