At least two kids called 911, considered one of whom begged for assist, during Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary faculty.
One woman called 911 greater than 5 times, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven C. McCraw mentioned at a Friday afternoon news convention. He didn’t title the youngsters however mentioned each of them survived the assault at Robb Elementary School.
Nineteen college students and two academics have been killed within the shooting.
The first 911 name got here in at 12:03 p.m. native time. McCraw mentioned the woman whispered that she was in room 112. The name lasted one minute and 23 seconds.
The woman called again once more at 12:10 and mentioned multiple folks have been useless, he mentioned. She called at 12:13, and once more at 12:16 to say that eight or 9 college students have been alive.
At 12:19, a second student called 911 from room 111, in keeping with McCraw. The woman hung up when one other student instructed her to, he mentioned.
McCraw mentioned that during a 911 name at 12:21, three pictures could possibly be heard within the background. An further name got here in at 12:36 however solely lasted 21 seconds. The director mentioned the primary woman called 911 once more and “was told to stay on the line and be very quiet.”
At roughly 12:43 and 12:47, the woman requested a 911 operator to “please send the police now,” McCraw mentioned. Around that very same time, the woman mentioned she may hear the police subsequent door.
In one other name that got here in at 12:50, pictures could possibly be heard. About a minute later, McCraw mentioned the decision acquired “very loud” and “sounds like the officers are moving children out of the room” could possibly be heard.
Reporters peppered McCraw with questions in regards to the 911 calls and legislation enforcement’s response to the shooting. It was roughly a 40-minute hole between the primary name and when the shooter, Salvador Rolando Ramos, was killed by police.
McCraw, who admitted that legislation enforcement made errors, mentioned a choice was made on the scene that it was a “barricaded subject situation” and there was time to retrieve keys to the room where the shooter was barricaded.
“That was the thought process at that particular time,” he said.
McCraw went on to say that “it was the wrong decision” for police not to immediately breach the classroom.
“From the benefit of hindsight where I’m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision,” he mentioned in regards to the delay in officers coming into the room.
The director additionally mentioned {that a} faculty useful resource officer who arrived on the scene handed the shooter who was crouched down subsequent to a automotive.