Timeline of Texas terror: Officials detail events of Uvalde school shooting
The horror lasted nearly and hour and a half.
Texas state police leaders laid out a detailed timeline Friday of the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw laid out the actions of 18-year-old killer Salvador Ramos — and the inaction of police officers on the scene.
Steven McCraw, Director and Colonel of the Texas Department of Public Safety, speaks during a press conference about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 27, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images/)
(All times are Central Daylight Time).
11:27 a.m.: The door where Ramos entered is propped open by a teacher.
11:28 a.m.: Ramos crashes his pickup truck in a ditch outside the school. Two men at a nearby funeral home hear the crash and run to the scene. They see a man with a gun get out of the truck. Ramos shoots at them but misses.
11:31 a.m.: Ramos, standing outside, begins shooting at the school building.
A truck reportedly driven by Salvador Ramos, the gunman who fatally shot 19 children and two adults on Tuesday, remains in the drainage ditch where it crashed near Robb Elementary School on Wednesday morning, May 25. (IVAN PIERRE AGUIRRE / NYT/)
11:33 a.m.: Ramos enters the building. He shoots in “Room 111 or Room 112,” according to McCraw. In just the opening few minutes, he fires at least 100 bullets.
11:35 a.m.: Three officers with the Uvalde Police Department enter through the same door as Ramos. A four-man team follows them shortly afterward, including three Uvalde officers and a deputy with the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office. Two of the first three officers move straight toward Ramos. They’re grazed by bullets as Ramos shoots at them, according to McCraw.
11:37 a.m.: Another several rounds are fired.
Salvador Ramos entered the school Tuesday at 11:28 Central Daylight Time.
11:51 a.m.: Uvalde Police Department higher-ups and other agents begin arriving on the scene.
12:03 p.m.: As many as 19 law enforcement officers have gathered in a hallway outside the classroom where Ramos is barricaded. A little girl in Room 112 calls 911.
Members of the media take photos of a map of the school which was used a press conference held outside Robb Elementary School on Friday in Uvalde, Texas. (Wong Maye-E/)
12:10 p.m.: The girl in Room 112 calls 911 again and says multiple people have been shot dead.
12:13 p.m: The girl calls 911 for a third time.
12:15 p.m.: Members of a Border Patrol tactical team arrive.
12:16 p.m.: The girl calls 911 again, says eight or nine kids are still alive.
12:19 p.m.: A different girl, from a different classroom, calls 911. She hangs up when a classmate tells her to.
12:36 p.m.: The first girl once again calls 911.
12:46 p.m.: On a 911 call, the girl says she can hear the police outside.
12:50 p.m.: The Border Patrol tactical team storms the classroom and kills Ramos.
Sheriff crime scene tape is seen outside of Robb Elementary School as State troopers guard the area in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24. (ALLISON DINNER/)
Some previously reported details were missing from McCraw’s timeline. He did not mention when Ramos shot his grandmother, who remains hospitalized. He also did not mention exactly when Ramos barricaded himself in a classroom.
It remains unclear, at least publicly, exactly which classroom Ramos was in when police gathered outside. As for the decision to wait, McCraw was clear: “It was the wrong decision.”
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