UVALDE, Texas — The Robb Elementary School trainer who propped open an exterior door that legislation enforcement mentioned a gunman used to get inside and kill 19 college students and two academics had closed the door nevertheless it didn’t lock, state police mentioned Tuesday.
Investigators initially mentioned the trainer had propped the door open before Salvador Ramos, 18, entered the varsity in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24. Investigators have now decided that the trainer, who has not been recognized, propped the door open with a rock, however then eliminated the rock and closed the door when she realized there was a shooter on campus, mentioned Travis Considine, chief communications officer for the Texas Department of Public Safety. But, Considine mentioned, the door didn’t lock.
Investigators confirmed the element by further video footage reviewed because the Friday news convention when it was first acknowledged the door had been left propped open. Authorities didn’t state at the moment what had been used to prop open the door.
Considine mentioned the trainer initially propped the door open however ran again inside to get her telephone and name 911 when Ramos crashed his truck.
“She came back out while on her phone, she heard someone yell, ‘He has a gun!’, she saw him jump the fence and that he had a gun, so she ran back inside,” eradicating the rock when she did, Considine mentioned.
He continued: “We did verify she closed the door. The door did not lock. We know that much and now investigators are looking into why it did not lock.”
San Antonio legal professional Don Flanery instructed the San Antonio Express-News that the Robb Elementary School worker, whom he isn’t naming, closed the door shut after realizing {that a} gunman was on the unfastened.
“She saw the wreck,” Flanary instructed the newspaper. “She ran back inside to get her phone to report the accident. She came back out while on the phone with 911. The men at the funeral home yelled, ‘He has a gun!’ She saw him jump the fence, and he had a gun so she ran back inside.
“She kicked the rock away when she went back in. She remembers pulling the door closed while telling 911 that he was shooting. She thought the door would lock because that door is always supposed to be locked.”
Flanary instructed the newspaper that the worker had initially propped open the door to hold meals from a automotive to the classroom.
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