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SPRAYING BULLETS
Harrowing new details on where Texas shooter Salvador Ramos killed 19 kids in Robb Elementary massacre
THE Texas elementary school shooter is understood to have killed 19 kids and two teachers in one classroom after barricading himself inside and spraying bullets.
Authorities said the suspected shooter Salvador Ramos, 18, crashed his vehicle near Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, before storming into the school and opening fire on Tuesday morning.
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Officials have released chilling details about the moments leading up to the school massacre.
Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told on Wednesday that all the victims were in the same fourth-grade classroom.
Olivarez said the Ramos barricaded himself inside the classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way."
As the suspect shot at responding police officers, authorities were going around the campus, breaking windows and trying to evacuate children and staff.
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They were then able to force entry into the classroom where the shooter was.
The exact number of injuries has yet to be determined; however, according to Olivarez, multiple children inside the classroom survived the deadly attack.
"We do know that there were multiple children that did survive, that were injured. I do not have the exact number at this time," Olivarez told .
"It's a small classroom, you can have anywhere from 25 to 30 students in there, plus there were two teachers in there. ... So don't have an exact number of how many students were in that classroom, but it could vary.
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"It was a classroom setting, a typical classroom setting where you have mass groups of children inside that classroom altogether, with nowhere to go," Olivarez added.
Texas DPS told Fox News that a school police official on-campus exchanged gunfire with Ramos and the officer was shot and injured.
After that Ramos reportedly ran inside the school, barricading himself in the classroom and began killing, Texas DPS told the outlet.
Dillon Silva, whose nephew was in a nearby classroom, told that students were watching a movie when a bullet shattered a window.
Moments later, their teacher saw the armed assailant walk past the door.
“Oh, my God, he has a gun!” the teacher shouted twice, according to Silva. “The teacher didn’t even have time to lock the door,” he said.
Ramos had hinted on social media that an attack could be coming, suggesting that “kids should watch out,” according to state Senator Roland Gutierrez, who said he had been briefed by state police.
Ramos bought two weapons used in the attack on his 18th birthday.
Sources told that the suspect purchased two AR platform rifles on May 17 and 20.
One was left in Ramos' crashed car. The other, a Daniel Defense, was recovered from inside the elementary school, the outlet reported.
He also bought 375 rounds of 5.56 ammunition on May 18. Seven 30-round magazines were discovered inside the school, according to records.
On that day, an Instagram account appearing to belong to the gunman shared a photo of two AR-style rifles.
FAMILY ARGUMENT
Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez told CNN that Ramos shot his grandma before heading to the school.
It's reported that the pair had an argument over his failure to graduate.
Police say Ramos then drove his vehicle toward the school and crashed in a ditch before he went on his rampage.
Olivarez said there was no chase with law enforcement before the crash.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that Ramos was killed by responding officers. His motive remains unknown.
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It comes as...
- The death toll is the highest since the Sandy Hook school shooting.
- The gunman shot his grandmother before opening fire at school.
- Footage captured the shooter stalking the school before his massacre.
- Gunman's chilling social media messages were revealed.
- Chilling red flags emerged following the slaughter.
VICTIMS NAMED
So far, 17 of the 19 kids have been identified by loved ones - they are students Amerie Jo Garza, Xavier Lopez, Uziyah Garcia, Makenna Lee Elrod, Ellie Garcia, Eliahana 'Elijah Cruz' Torres, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, Tess Marie Mata, Lexi Rubio, Nevaeh Bravo, Rojelio Torres, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, Jailah Nicole Silguero, Miranda Mathis, Jose Flores, Maite Yuleana and Alithia Ramirez.
The two teachers have been identified as Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, who died while trying to protect their students.
The children killed were aged between seven and 11.
Amerie's grandmother Berlinda Irene Arreola told that the gunman reportedly told students that they were going to die.
Amerie was shot dead as tried to call 911 and her best friend was reportedly left covered in blood.
Arreola said: “She had her phone and she called 911 and instead of grabbing it and breaking it or taking it from her, he shot her.”
She added Amerie died a hero because she tried to call the emergency services.
Amerie had just received an award for getting on the A-B honor roll.
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The shooting became the worst elementary school massacre since Sandy Hook in 2012.
It surpassed the number of dead in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, which left 17 teens dead and 17 others injured on Valentine's Day in 2018.
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