From 11:27 a.m. until 12:51 p.m., horror rang out at Robb Elementary School.
Following days of often-conflicting information from Texas authorities regarding the chain of events in Tuesday’s massacre inDPS Director Steven McCraw said that 19 officers were in the hallways inside Robb Elementary School as the shooter was locked inside a fourth-grade classroom, where heThe on-site commander believed it was a standoff with 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, who had already shot more than 100 rounds inside classrooms 111 and 112.
“He was convinced at the time that there was no more threat to the children and that the subject was barricaded and that they had time to organize” to get into the classroom, McCraw said.Here’s a timeline of events from Tuesday’s school shooting as outlined by McGraw on Friday:- Ramos shot his grandmother in the face at their Uvalde home. While she reached out for help, he got inside her Ford pickup truck and made his way toward the school.
- The suspect reached the last row of vehicles in the school parking lot. At this time, a school police officer responded to the funeral home for a call about a man with a gun. The officer drove right past the suspect who was hunkered down behind a vehicle.- The suspect walked to the west side of the elementary school and made entry through the door. He then went to room 111 or 112 and began to shoot. “It’s not possible to determine from the video angle that we have at this point in time.
Ramos locked the door and opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle. He was carrying multiple magazines. The shooter barricaded himself inside the room.Three police officers with Uvalde police entered the school, followed by three volunteer officers, and a deputy entered the school. The three UPD officers went to the door, which was closed, and received grazing wounds.- The elementary announced on social media that the school was on lockdown.- Officers continued to arrive in the hallway.
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