© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Regulation enforcement personnel work on the scene of a mass taking pictures in Robb Elementary College, in Uvalde, Texas, U.S., Could 25, 2022. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona
(Reuters) – A minimum of two women cowering of their school rooms at Robb Elementary College in Texas known as the police emergency quantity 911 through the bloodbath, a legislation enforcement official stated on Friday.
Gunman Salvador Ramos killed 19 college students, principally 9 and 10-year-olds, and two academics within the assault.
The primary name got here from a bit lady on the Uvalde, Texas, college who known as a number of occasions on Tuesday. At 12:03 p.m., she recognized herself and instructed authorities what room the shooter was in, stated Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Division of Public Security.
“I warn you it is not –” McCraw broke off earlier than he recounted the calls. “It is higher that I learn it than you hearken to it.”
Here’s a 911 emergency name timeline McCraw outlined at a information convention:
12:03 p.m. – The primary name got here from a bit lady who stated she was in Room 112. “She recognized herself and whispered, ‘He is in Room 112,'” McCraw stated, with out figuring out the pupil.
12:10 p.m. – The identical lady known as again and suggested there have been a number of individuals lifeless.
12:13 p.m. – The lady known as once more.
12:16 p.m. – She known as again and stated there have been eight to 9 college students alive.
12:19 p.m. – A 911 name was constructed from the telephone of one other little one, in Room 111. She hung up when one other pupil instructed her to hold up, McCraw stated.
12:21 p.m. – Authorities hear on the 911 name that three pictures have been fired. (It was not clear which 911 name they have been listening to at the moment)
12:36 p.m. – A 911 name lasted for 21 seconds
Unspecified time – The preliminary caller known as again and was instructed to remain on the road and be very quiet. She instructed 911 “that he shot the door.”
12:43 p.m. and 12:47 p.m. – “She requested 911 to please ship the police now,” McCraw stated.
12:46 p.m. – She stated that she may hear the police subsequent door.
12:50 p.m. – Photographs might be heard on the 911 name, McCraw stated.
12:51 p.m. – The 911 name could be very loud and it seems like officers are shifting youngsters out of the room. “At the moment, the primary little one that known as was exterior earlier than the caller cuts off,” McCraw stated.