It’s just been reported by Fox News reporter Bill Melugin that a school police officer was present yesterday at Uvalde elementary school when the psychopath gunman, Salvador Ramos, arrived.
According to a source with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the police officer exchanged fire with Ramos and was subsequently shot and injured.
That’s when Ramos ran into the school, barricaded himself in and began shooting:
NEW: Texas DPS tells me there was in fact a school police officer on campus at Robb Elementary who exchanged gunfire with the shooter and the officer was shot & injured. That is when the shooter ran inside the school, barricaded himself in a class, & began killing. @FoxNews
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 25, 2022
Melugin also confirmed this morning that the guns used by Ramos were legally purchased just a few days ago:
NEW: TX State Senator John Whitmire tells @FoxNews per ATF briefing he received, the Uvalde shooter legally purchased two AR style rifles at a local federal firearms licensee on 5/17 & 5/20.
On 5/18, bought 375 rounds of 5.56 ammo.
Seven 30 round magazines found inside school.— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 25, 2022
Lastly, Melugin also reports that 17 people are still injured as of this morning, some in serious condition including his grandmother who Ramos shot in the face:
NEW: Texas DPS tells me there are still 17 people injured this morning as a result of the mass shooting in Uvalde, TX, some in serious condition. That includes the shooter’s grandmother. I’m told he shot her in the face before he went to the school and started killing. @FoxNews
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 25, 2022