The Robb Elementary College instructor who propped open an exterior door that legislation enforcement stated a gunman used to get inside and kill 19 college students and two lecturers had closed the door nevertheless it didn't lock, US police say.
Investigators initially stated the instructor had propped the door open with a rock and didn't take away it earlier than Salvador Ramos, 18, entered the varsity in Uvalde, Texas, on Might 24.
Investigators have now decided that the instructor, who has not been recognized, eliminated the rock and closed the door when she realised there was a shooter on campus however that it didn't lock, stated Travis Considine, chief communications officer for the Texas Division of Public Security.
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Considine stated the instructor initially propped the door open however ran again inside to get her cellphone and name 911 when Ramos crashed his truck.
"She got here again out whereas on her cellphone, she heard somebody yell, 'He has a gun!', she noticed him soar the fence and that he had a gun, so she ran again inside," eradicating the rock when she did, Considine stated.
He continued: "We did confirm she closed the door. The door didn't lock. We all know that a lot and now investigators are trying into why it didn't lock."
San Antonio lawyer Don Flanary informed the San Antonio Categorical-Information that the Robb Elementary College worker, whom he isn't naming, closed the door shut after realising that a gunman was on the free.
"She noticed the wreck," Flanary informed the newspaper.
"She ran again inside to get her cellphone to report the accident.
"She got here again out whereas on the cellphone with 911.
"The boys on the funeral house yelled, 'He has a gun!' She noticed him soar the fence, and he had a gun so she ran again inside.
"She kicked the rock away when she went again in.
"She remembers pulling the door closed whereas telling 911 that he was capturing.
"She thought the door would lock as a result of that door is at all times alleged to be locked."
Flanary informed the newspaper that the worker had initially propped open the door to hold meals from a automobile to the classroom.
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