A FATAL CRASH. >> AND BABY FORMULA IMPORTED FROM OVERSEAS TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON KRISTI KRUGER.
>> I AM JENISE FERNANDEZ.
LET’S GET TO YOUR TOP STORY
THREE.
ANOTHER DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING
IN THE COUNTRY LONE GUNMAN
OPENING FIRE AT AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN A SMALL TOWN IN RURAL
TEXAS YESTERDAY.
>> THESE ARE SOME OF THE FACES
OF AMERICA’S LATEST MASS
SHOOTINGS, 19 STUDENTS, TWO
TEACHERS ALL KILLED JUST TWO
DAYS BEFORE THE START OF SUMMER
BREAK.
>> YOU’RE OUT OF LINE AND --
>> FORMER TEXAS REPRESENTATIVE
BETO O’ROURKE CONFRONTING
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT DURING A
PRESS CONFERENCE.
OUR WORK WAS HEARD SAYING THAT
THIS IS QUOTE TOTALLY
PREDICTABLE DIFFERING ESCORTED
OUT OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS THE SECOND DEADLIEST
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> WILL AND 18 YOU’LL SUSPECT
IS ALSO DEAD AND CARRIED OUT
THE ATTACK AFTER SHOOTING HIS
OWN GRANDMOTHER.
WE ARE LIVE WITH THE LATEST ON
THE TRAGEDY.
BRIDGET, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
>> THIS IS SUCH A TOUGH SCENE.
WE’RE SEEING PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER TEXAS COMING HERE.
MOTHERS COME WITH FLOWERS WHO
HAVE NO CONNECTION TO THE
SCHOOL WE ACTUALLY SEE, YOU
CAN’T SEE IF IT IS OVER MY LEFT
SHOULDER.
THERE IS A FAMILY HERE WITH
FLOWERS, YOUNG CHILDREN THE
MOTHER CRYING, THIS IS JUST
REALLY TOUGH AND TO GIVE YOU AN
IDEA JUST HOW THEY THE SCENE IS
WE CAN SHOW YOU ALL OF IT BUT
YOU WILL SEE THE FBI EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND DIFFERENT
AGENCIES FROM AROUND THIS AREA
ARE HERE STILL ON SCENE AT THE
SCHOOL.
WITH GRIEF AND WORRY FAMILIES
AND YOU VALLEY TEXAS TRYING TO
MAKE SENSE OF THE MASSACRE AT
THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
OVERNIGHT DISTRAUGHT FAMILIES
CASING THE CENTER WAITING OUR
CHILDREN FOR THE CHILDREN.
THE ATTACK UNFOLDED TUESDAY
MORNING SHORTLY AFTER 11:30
A.M..
ACCORDING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
THE SUSPECT 18-YEAR-OLD RAMOS
SHOT HIS GRANDMOTHER IN THE
HEAD BEFORE CRASHING HIS CAR
OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.
THAT TRIGGERED A RESPONSE FROM
YOU VALLEY SCHOOL POLICE
OFFICER WHO WAS SHOT BY THE
SUSPECT.
THEY SAY THE SUSPECT WAS
WEARING BODY ARMOR AND ARMED
WITH AN AR-15 STYLE RIFLE.
HE WENT INTO THE SCHOOL, INTO A
CLASSROOM, BARRICADED HIMSELF
AND OPENED FIRE ON TEACHERS,
STUDENTS AND RESPONDING
OFFICERS.
>> HE RAN INTO THE SCHOOL.
OFFICERS WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT APPROACHED THE
GOVERNMENT AND ENGAGED WITH THE
GUNMAN.
AT THAT TIME.
>> THE GUNMAN THEN ENTERED A
BACKDOOR AND THEN WENT DOWN TO
SHORT HALLWAYS INTO A CLASSROOM
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
>> HURTLED GROANS OF GUNSHOTS
COMING ON.
RAMOS WAS FATALLY SHOT BY
POLICE.
TWO OFFICERS INJURED IN THE
SHOOTOUT.
BOTH EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
HIS GRANDMOTHER ALSO EXPENSIVE
TO SURVIVE.
THE GRANDFATHER TALKING TO ABC.
>> DID YOU NOTICE THAT HE WAS
DISTURBED, BECOMING UPSET?
>> HE WAS REALLY QUIET.
HE WAS VERY QUIET.
>> INVESTIGATORS TRYING TO
PIECE TOGETHER A MOTIVE,
COMBING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTS, ALLEGEDLY MADE BY THE
SHOOTER.
THEY ORDERED ALL FLOODS OF
FEDERAL LAND TO FLY HALF STAFF
IN HONOR OF THE VICTIMS.
HE IS ALSO EXPRESSED ANGER OVER
THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE.
>> I HOPED WHEN I BECAME
PRESIDENT, I WOULD NOT HAVE TO
DO THIS.
AGAIN.
ANOTHER MASSACRE, HOW MANY
SCORES OF CHILDREN WHO WITNESS
WHAT HAPPENED, SEE THEIR
FRIENDS DIE AS IF THEY ARE ON A
BATTLEFIELD FOR GOD SAKE.
AND WILL RUMOR THAT THE REST OF
THEIR LIVES.
>> I WANT TO SHOW YOU HERE
LIVE, THIS FAMILY WILL LIKELY
BE ESCORTED BY POLICE, WE ARE
NOT SURE THAT CONNECTION JUST
YET BUT THEY JUST ARRIVED HERE
ON THE SCENE.
THE BIG QUESTION THAT REMAINS
TONIGHT, WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE
HERE?
NO THERE IS A SMALL WINDOW
BETWEEN THE PURCHASE OF ONE OF
THE GUNS AND THE SHOOTING.
PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF THOSE
RIFLES, THEY WERE PURCHASED SIX
DAYS AFTER HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY
AND JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE
SHOOTING.
HE ALSO BOUGHT BODY ARMOR.
>> SO DISTURBING AS THESE
THINGS ARE UNFOLDING.
TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE
CONFRONTATION AT THE NEWS
CONFERENCE WHERE THE EMOTIONS
ARE JUST SO RAW.
>> WE SAW THE EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON AND THE CONFERENCE,
GOVERNOR ABBOTT JUST GIVE AN
UPDATE ON THE SHOOTING AND
RIGHT BEFORE THAT, THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAS ABOUT
TO SPEAK, DEMOCRATIC
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE BETO
WILL PASS THE MICROPHONE TO
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DAN
PATRICK.
>> EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME.
LINE AND AN EMBARRASSMENT.
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>> HE NEEDS TO GET OUT OF HERE.
>> THIS IS TOTALLY PREDICTABLE.
>> SIR, YOU ARE OUT OF LINE.
SIR, YOU ARE OUT OF LINE.
PLEASE LEAVE THIS AUDITORIUM.
I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU’RE A SICK
SON OF A -- A DAY LIKE THIS TO
MAKE A POLITICAL ISSUE.
>> PLEASE STOP.
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>> WHY DON’T YOU GET OUT HERE.
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>> VERY TENSE MOMENTS, HEATED
MOMENTS BETWEEN CANDIDATE BETO
O’ROURKE AND TEXAS GOVERNOR
ABBOTT AS WELL AS LIEUTENANT