Teacher Closes Propped -Open Door Before Attack –

UVALDE, Texas (AP) – A Robbie elementary school teacher who opened the front door told law enforcement that a gunman entered from inside and killed 19 students and two teachers. The door was locked but it was not locked, state police said Tuesday.

Investigators initially said the teacher opened the door with a stone and he had not removed it earlier. Salvador Ramos, 18, entered a school in Waldale, Texas on May 24. Investigators have now determined that an unknown teacher removed the stone and closed the door when he realized he was a murderer on campus, but it didn’t close, said Travis Considin, communications manager for the Department of Public Works. of Texas. Safety.

Considin said the teacher opened the door first but rushed in to pick up the phone and call emergency services when Ramos collided with a truck.

“He came out while someone was talking on the phone, he heard someone shout, ‘He has a gun!’ Said the Considen.

He continued: “We have confirmed that he has already closed the door. The door is not locked. We know so much and now investigators are looking into why it was not blocked.”

San Antonio attorney Don Flannery San Antonio Express-News announced that an elementary school employee named Robbie, whom he did not name, locked the door after realizing the gunman had been removed from the scene.

“It saw the collapse,” Flanar told the newspaper. “He went back inside to call on the phone about the accident. He returned while talking on the phone to emergency health services. The men from the funeral home shouted, “He has a gun!” He saw her climb the fence and had a gun, so he ran inside.

“My father was a rock when he came back. He remembers closing the door when he told the emergency services he was shot. He thought the door would be locked, because that door had to be locked all the time ”.