4th grade survivor of Texas school shooting describes gunman’s phrases earlier than opening hearth

Survivors of the Texas elementary college taking pictures are recounting the gunman's eerie final phrases of "Good evening" and "You're all gonna die" before opening fireplace, and how some performed useless to be spared in the spray of bullets.

Fourth grade scholar Miah Cerrillo, 11, informed CNN her class was watching “Lilo and Sew” when the shooter appeared Tuesday at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.

She mentioned the gunman looked at one in every of her teachers in the eye and said, “Good night time” earlier than taking pictures her.

Miah instructed her story by means of a CNN producer. She did not wish to speak on camera and declined to speak to any men following her experience with the school capturing and only felt snug chatting with women, the broadcaster said. NBC News could not instantly confirm the account.

Miah herself was hit by fragments in the hail of bullets, CNN reported.

After firing shots in her classroom, the shooter went into the adjoining classroom and opened fire, Miah stated. She mentioned she heard “unhappy music” playing, believing the gunman put it on. 

When asked what the music was, she mentioned it gave the impression of, “I need individuals to die music.”

Miah said that when the gunman went into the opposite room she smeared a good friend’s blood on herself to look lifeless. She also said she and a good friend grabbed their trainer’s telephone and referred to as 911, telling a dispatcher, “Please send help because we’re in hassle.” 

In the Tuesday horror, 19 kids and two lecturers had been killed, and another 17 were wounded.

A Robb Elementary trainer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, advised NBC News that a Raptor alert, a program designed to alert staff of a lockdown, went off after pictures have been fired and children began to hide underneath their desks within the class. 

Samuel Salinas, 10, was a pupil in instructor Irma Garcia’s class on Tuesday when the varsity shooting unfolded.

“It was a standard day until my teacher said we’re on extreme lockdown” and “then there was capturing within the windows,” he said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Friday.

He mentioned that the gunman barged into the classroom, announced, “You’re all gonna die,” after which began to shoot. 

“He shot the trainer after which he shot the children,” Samuel mentioned. 

He explained that he survived by playing lifeless after he bought hit in the leg with shrapnel that hit a chair between him and the shooter.

“I believe he was aiming at me,” Samuel said. “I played dead so he wouldn’t shoot me.”

When police lastly entered the room and shot the gunman, the children have been evacuated. Within the rushed exit, Samuel noticed the bodies of his trainer and different pupils.

“There was blood on the ground,” he mentioned. “And there were children ... full of blood.” 

The investigation into the taking pictures is ongoing, and lots of questions remain as to why it took police so long to take out the gunman.

The shooter, Salvador Ramos, 18, was killed on the scene.

In a news conference Thursday, Texas officials walked back previously released info, saying the gunman wasn’t confronted by a college police officer and entered the school building unobstructed.

Police now say it took over an hour from the first 911 call to stop the bloodbath.

Officers shared a new timeline revealing that at 11:28 a.m. Tuesday the gunman crashed a automobile near the varsity and shot at two folks outdoors a funeral residence throughout the street, then climbed over a fence to Robb Elementary.

Officers said the primary 911 call came in at 11:30 a.m., the gunman entered the varsity 10 minutes later and 4 minutes later police have been on the scene. The primary officers on the scene known as for backup, however tactical groups didn’t arrive until about an hour later, Victor Escalon, the South Texas regional director for the state Department of Public Safety, stated Thursday.

Texas investigators informed NBC News victims of the shooting were present in four lecture rooms.

Robb Elementary serves second by means of fourth grade college students in the small town of Uvalde, which is about 75 miles from the Mexico borders and home to a large Latino group.

Dad and mom and family members who were gathered exterior Robb Elementary throughout the taking pictures begged and shouted at police to enter and shield their youngsters.

Angeli Rose Gomez advised The Wall Avenue Journal she was handcuffed by U.S. marshals outdoors the varsity for repeatedly demanding police enter the varsity. 

“The police were doing nothing,” she said to the paper. “They have been simply standing exterior the fence. They weren’t going in there or operating anywhere.” 

She mentioned at first she waited patiently then when she turned more fervent with her pleas, U.S. marshals allegedly arrested her for intervening in an lively investigation. 

Marshals told NBC Information in an announcement that deputy marshals “never arrested or positioned anyone in handcuffs whereas securing the crime scene perimeter.”

“Our deputy marshals maintained order and peace within the midst of the grief-stricken community that was gathering across the school."

Marlene Lenthang is a breaking news reporter for NBC Information Digital.

Pete Williams and Jonathan Dienst contributed.