A 10-year-old boy in a classroom just down the hall from the room where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in Uwalde, Texas on Tuesday, said the experience of hiding during the shooting was “horrifying.”
Jaden Perez told CTV News’s Merela Fernandez that when his class heard gunshots down the hall, his teacher immediately locked their door and told them to hide and remain silent.
“Five of us hid where we hung our backpacks, and the others hid under a table,” he said, adding that he was scared.
“After a while, the shots stopped. And then we heard shots again, and then they stopped completely. “
What they didn’t know at the time was that an 18-year-old boy had entered a classroom at Rob Elementary School and killed two teachers and 19 children, most of them the same age as Jaden.
He said his class was able to leave the school only when police broke the windows, allowing them to leave.
“It was a horrible experience,” he said. “Terrifying.”
He mentioned that he knew one of the children killed in the shooting.
“He’s a good drawer,” he said. “He loved to draw Pokemon and anime. It was very good.
“I’m sad that some of my friends failed.”
Police are facing an investigation into their actions during the shooting, with parents and staff wondering why the shooter was at the school for more than 40 minutes before police finally entered the building and shot him.
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