BREAKING: Texas law enforcement official says gunman entered school ‘unobstructed’, explains how police responded to Robb Elementary shooting [FULL VIDEO]

by The Right Scoop

Texas DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon held a press conference today to give us some details about what happened when Salvatore Ramos walked into Robb Elementary and killed 21 people, 19 of which were children.

Here’s the narrative from Escalon on what happened.

On May 24th at 11:28, the suspect just west of her wrecks his vehicle, a pickup truck that he took from his grandmother. He had just shot his grandmother in the face. She’s alive, she’s stable at this point.

At 11:28 he’s sitting there at the (unintelligible). He jumps out the passenger side of the truck. According to witnesses he’s got a long arm, rifle, and a bag. Later we find out it’s ammunition.

He walks around, he sees two witnesses at the funeral home across the street from where he wrecked. He engages and fires toward them. He continues walking toward the school. He climbs a fence. Now he’s in the parking lot shooting at the school. Multiple times.

At 11:40 he walks into the west side of Robb Elementary. According to reports, video we have obtained from outside, inside – and again we’re still combing through that, so bear with us. Multiple rounds, numerous rounds are discharged in the school. We’re trying to get a number, we’re in the process of analyzing that video.

Four minutes later local police departments, Uvalde Police Department, the Independent School District Police Department are inside, making entry. They hear gunfire. They take rounds. They move back to get cover. And during that time they approach where the suspect is at.

According to the information I have he went in at 11:40. He walked – and I’m going to approximate – 20 feet. 30 feet, he makes a right. He walks into the hallway, he makes a right, walks another 20 feet. Turns left into a school room, into a classroom that has doors open in the middle.

Officers are there, the initial officers that received gunfire. They don’t make entry initially because of the gunfire they are receiving. But we have officers calling for additional resources, everybody that’s in the area. Tactical teams. We need equipment. We need speciality equipment. We need body armor. We need precision riflemen. Negotiators.

So during that time that they’re making those calls to bring in help to solve this problem and stop it immediately, they’re also evacuating personnel. I shouldn’t say personnel. Students. Teachers. There’s a lot going on. A complex situation. They’re measuring. They’re measuring.

Approximately an hour later US Border Patrol tactical teams arrive. They make entry. Shoot and kill the suspect. But you also had a Zavala County Deputy and a Uvalde Police Department that made entry and killed the suspect.

Immediately, immediately, you had numerous officers; It turns into a rescue operation.

I transcribed all of that so if I got it wrong, let me know. But I think it’s pretty good.

Now for some corrections. Escalon said that it was reported that Ramos was confronted by a school district police officer before entering the school. He says that’s not true, that Ramos went into the school unobstructed, adding he wasn’t confronted by anybody from the time he shot his grandmother to the moment he entered the school:

 
In terms of the door Ramos entered though, Escalon said it appears that it was unlocked. They are still trying to confirm it:

 
As far as what the officers were doing between 11:44 and 12:44, Escalon said he would ‘circle back’ with those answers later. He’s got to meet with all the teams who were there to get that information:

 
You can watch the full press conference below for more:


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