The Robb Elementary College trainer who propped open an exterior door that regulation enforcement stated a gunman used to get inside and kill 19 college students and two academics had closed the door but it surely didn't lock, state police stated Tuesday.
Investigators initially stated the trainer 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 trainer, who has not been recognized, eliminated the rock and closed the door when she realized 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.
Considine stated the trainer initially propped the door open however ran again inside to get her telephone and name 911 when Ramos crashed his truck.
"She got here again out whereas on her telephone, 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 wanting into why it didn't lock."
San Antonio legal professional Don Flanery instructed the San Antonio Specific-Information that the Robb Elementary College worker, whom he isn't naming, closed the door shut after realizing that a gunman was on the free.
"She noticed the wreck," Flanary instructed the newspaper. "She ran again inside to get her telephone to report the accident. She got here again out whereas on the telephone with 911. The boys on the funeral residence 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 taking pictures. She thought the door would lock as a result of that door is all the time alleged to be locked."
The Texas Division of Public Security additionally stated Tuesday that Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo had supplied an preliminary interview however has "not responded to a request for a followup interview with the Texas Rangers that was made two days in the past."
Arredondo was elected to the Uvalde Metropolis Council on Might 7 and was sworn in Tuesday. "Out of respect for the households who buried their kids as we speak, and who're planning to bury their kids within the subsequent few days, no ceremony was held," Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin stated in an announcement.
Following studies that Arredondo wouldn't be sworn in, McLaughlin stated in an announcement on Monday that "there's nothing within the Metropolis Constitution, Election Code, or Texas Structure that prohibits him from taking the oath of workplace. To our information, we're at the moment not conscious of any investigation of Mr. Arredondo."