A gruesome detail told by a fourth-grader reveals how he and his friend survived an attack by teenager Salvador Ramos on their elementary school in Texas, and the attacker spoke before shooting the children. Explained. They
He told KENS5 about the moment the assailant entered the classroom, including fourth-graders and two unidentified Rob elementary school teachers. And he bowed a little and said, “It’s time to die.”
The child added: “When I heard the sound of gunfire from the door, I told my friend to hide under something so that he would not find us. I was hiding very hard and I asked my friend not to speak because he hears our voice.”
The little boy and four others hid under a cloth-covered table to cover and hide from the eyes of Salvador Ramos, 18, who shot at the class, killing 19 students and two teachers and injuring 17 others. . Others.
The child also explained that Ramos stormed their classroom after shooting at another door in the school, then told the students that they were “going to die”.
The moments of terror that these children went through continued even after the arrival of the police, while the student explains the story and says: “When the police came, one of them said: (If you need help Shout the word help, and one of the students in my class shouted (Help me), the assailant heard her voice, came in and shot her.
“The police entered the classroom and the assailant shot at the police, and then the police started firing,” he said, noting that he and his companions remained in hiding until the end of the shooting.
He continued: I opened the curtain and took out my hand, I went out with my friend because I knew it was the police, I saw the shields.
“Irma Garcia, 46, and Eva Myrales, 44, sacrificed their lives to save their two teachers who were killed in the attack,” he said. “They protected the students. They were fine and I stood up to my colleagues to help them and save them.”
Over time, more and more details about the identity of the killer, his motives and the details of what happened are published.
Information has so far been revealed that Ramos had planned the attack a few days before it took place, because he had bought weapons and ammunition, and stated in messages on Facebook that he would kill his grandmother directly before doing so, then He confirmed that he had killed him and then stated that he would attack in an elementary school.
Law enforcement officials told CBS News that Ramos got into an argument with his grandmother over who should pay the phone bill before he committed the murder. However, they noted that the information is still preliminary and they are not sure whether this conflict was the cause of the massacre or not.
Ramos used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at Rob Elementary School in Yovaldi on Tuesday. Officials said he legally purchased two rifles just days before the attack, just after he was 18 years old.
According to Sen. John Whitmer, one of the two rifles was purchased May 17 from a federally licensed dealer in Yovaldi, then 375 rounds were purchased the next day, then a second rifle was purchased on Friday.
Ramos shot his grandmother at his home early Tuesday morning and then left. “Neighbors called the police when they saw him staggering in front of his house and being shot in the face,” said Travis Conceidin, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security.
Ramos then hit the “fence” of his truck on the grounds of Rob Elementary School, and an officer from the Yovaldi School exchanged fire with him, injuring him.
Concepcion added that the teenager entered the school and shot and wounded two Yovaldi police officers who had entered the school while they were still outside.
In the area, meanwhile, witnesses asked police to enter the building, while Ramos continued to kill.
Witness Juan Karanza, 24, who lives in front of the building, told ABC News: “One of the women outside the school shouted at the police and said, ‘Go there!’
The police response sparked outrage in the community as Jacinto Casares, his 10-year-old daughter Jacqueline, was among those killed, asking “why Ramos managed to attack the school for 90 minutes before he was killed.”
The first call police received about the attack was at 11:30 a.m., 90 minutes before the assailant was arrested.
“At least 40 lawmakers were armed, but they did not do anything until it was too late,” Casares said. ”
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