The Police assured this Thursday that the attacker of the school of Uvalde (Texas, USA) entered He entered the building unopposed, thus denying the Some information published in the last hours according to which before the shooting he would have confronted a security guard.
“It has been published that a security agent of the school district would have ;a confronted the suspect while entering, but it is not true. came in I went to school without opposition,” he said. In a press conference, the regional director for South Texas of the Department of Public Security, Víctor Escalón.
During his appearance this Thursday, Escalón tried to to defend the work of the agents of the different police forces that intervened in the operation, at a time when criticism has been triggered on social networks and the media for what is perceived as a too slow response to the attack.
Several videos recorded on Tuesday circulate on the internet of parents and relatives of students in the vicinity of the school screaming and confronting the Police for, in their opinion, not intervening while inside the school they are being attacked. causing a shootout.
According to the Police’s own version, up to an hour after the shooter, Salvador Ramos, entered the house. at Uvalde’s school and until he was gunned down by a Border Patrol agent.
During that time, Ramos shot & oacute; He attacked a class full of children, killing 19 of them and two teachers.
As explained by This Thursday Escalón, the lock of the school would have been found open when Ramos arrived. to the center, for reasons that are still being investigated.
After shooting his grandmother in the face at home, Ramos got on the bus. He jumped into a vehicle and drove to the vicinity of Robb Elementary School, where around 11:28 a.m. local time he had an accident.
From the place of the accident he walked with a rifle and ammunition for 12 minutes until he entered the house. at the school around 11.40 local time. Four minutes later, the police burst into the room. at school.
On his way to the school on foot, Ramos fired a shot. against two people who were in a funeral home across the street, without causing any injuries.
When the local police agents arrived at the scene, they heard shots and identified the classroom where the attacker, but they could not access it because Ramos opened the door. They fired on them every time they tried.
These officers called for backup and began evacuating students and faculty from the rest of the school.
It was about an hour after Ramos had entered the school when Border Patrol special agents arrived, who managed to shoot him down.
The motives that led to Ramos are still being investigated, with no known criminal history or mental illness, to carry out the massacre.