Parents and onlookers have asked police to blame the primary school in Uwalde after an armed man who continued to kill 19 children and two teachers entered the school, according to a new online video.
The video, which was circulated on social media on Thursday, heard the parents shouting at the police.
“Oh God,” a woman shouted.
“My daughter!” – said another moments later.
“It simply came to our notice then. We take care of that, “said the employees of the mad onlookers many times.
Now this video makes a lot more sense. The cops literally stopped the parents from helping their children. pic.twitter.com/zhQfUjlpjd https://t.co/DqgZUH3uCC
– Matt Novak (@paleofuture) May 26, 2022
The video comes as law enforcement officials face growing questions and criticism about how long it has been before they stormed an elementary school classroom late Tuesday morning.
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Juan Caranza, 24, who saw the scene outside his house, told the Associated Press that a woman had repeatedly told police to enter.
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Law enforcement officials were working at Uwalde High School on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, after a shooting at the nearby Rob Elementary School was reported earlier in the day.
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A law enforcement officer told people on Tuesday afternoon, May 24, 2022, that Uwalde High School was safe after a school shooting at the nearby Rob Elementary School in Uwalde, Texas.
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The mourners placed flowers next to each of the wooden crosses dedicated to the 21 victims of the shooting at Rob Elementary School in Uwalde, Texas, on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Wooden crosses were placed near the school tent, which was a memorial site.
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Officers did not, Caranza said.
Here is what we still know about the moments before and during the deadly massacre at school.
1) Around 11 a.m. Tuesday, gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, posted a personal message on Facebook saying he would shoot his grandmother, officials said. He dropped out of high school and lived with her in a home about two blocks from Rob Elementary School.
Ramos continued to shoot his grandmother, 66-year-old Sally Gonzalez. Bleeding, she ran across the street to a neighbor’s house and called police.
2) Ramos took his grandmother’s pickup truck and hit him in a ditch in front of the school. He grabbed his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and shot two people in front of a nearby funeral home. They escaped unharmed.
Ramos wore tactical equipment.
3) Officials initially said an armed officer from the school district approached Ramos when he entered the school, but did not have time to react as Ramos quickly entered the building. DPS Regional Director in South Texas Victor Escalon said on Thursday that a police officer had not seen Ramos as he rushed to the school – that the officer had entered the building minutes after Ramos was inside.
After entering the school, Ramos burst into a classroom and barricaded himself inside, locking the door. It is not clear at what point he started shooting at children and teachers.
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4) Meanwhile, desperate parents and onlookers gathered in front of the school. A policeman pressed a man to the ground, according to the video on social networks.
“What the hell are you doing with her?” A passerby shouted at the police as the woman lay pinned under the officer.
Another policeman stood nearby and ordered passers-by not to intervene. He held a taser in his hand and told them to stand back.
5) It took between 40 minutes and an hour before a special tactical team of US Customs and Border Agents, known as BORTAC, broke into the classroom.
A BORTAC agent shot and killed Ramos. Three officers were injured in the shooting, but were in good condition on Wednesday, officials said.
Official writers Brian Chasnoff and Guillermo Contreras and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
eeaton@express-news.net
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