NEWS. 4 JAX AT 5. >> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX.
>> BREAKING DETAILS TODAY
ABOUT HOW LONG THE TEXAS
SCHOOL SHOOTER CARRIED OUT HIS
ATTACK UNTIL LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHOT AND KILLED HIM.
APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR LATER.
WITH 4 FULL. TACTICAL TEAMS
ARE THEY MAKE ENTRY. SHE
KILLED. THAT NEWLY RELEASED
VIDEO SHOWS PARENTS BEGGING
OFFICERS WHO ARE OUTSIDE TO GO
>> A MEMORIAL NOW GROWS
OUTSIDE ROBB ELEMENTARY WITH
WHITE CROSSES FOR ALL. 21
VICTIMS, POLICE OFFICERS SEEN
LAYING FLOWERS NEAR THE SCHOOL
SITE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
STUDENTS WALKED OUT OF CLASS,
DEMANDING STRONGER GUN
CONTROL.
>> THIS IS AN OXFORD, MICHIGAN
WHERE A DEADLY MASS SHOOTING
HAPPENED LAST YEAR. AND WE
JUST LEARNED WITHIN THE PAST
HOUR, PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL
TRAVEL TO YOU ALL DAY SUNDAY
TO MEET WITH VICTIMS FAMILIES.
WE ALSO LEARNED TODAY THE
HUSBAND OF THIS TEACHER WHO
WAS KILLED IN THE SHOOTING.
THAT HUSBAND ALSO DIED TODAY.
HIS NEPHEW SAYS JOE GARCIA
PASSED AWAY DUE TO IEF FROM
LOSING HIS WIFE, IRMA. THE
COUPLE BEEN MARRIED 24 YEARS
AND FOR CHILDREN. 21 CROSSES
ARE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL NOW
HONORING THE 19 CHILDREN AND 2
TEACHERS WHO WERE KILLED. OUR
COVERAGE TONIGHT BEGINS WITH
NEWS. 4 JAX REPORTER JOE
MCLEAN. LISTEN TO A NEWS
CONFERENCE A FEW HOURS AGO
WHERE INVESTIGATORS RELEASED
TIME ONE OF THE REALLY CLEARED
UP SOME OF THE RUMORS, JOE.
>> AND THERE’S STILL A LOT OF
WORK TO DO. THEY SAY EXAMINING
VIDEO FOOTAGE TALKING TO
WITNESSES THAT WERE THERE THAT
DAY. BUT A COUPLE HOURS AGO WE
WERE GIVEN THE CLEAR CLEAREST
PICTURE YET OF HOW THIS ATTACK
PLAYED OUT ON TUESDAY AND HOW
LONG IT TOOK CAMPUS. IT
STARTED AT 11. 28 POLICE SAY
THAT’S WHEN THEY GOT THE CALL
THAT THAT PICKUP TRUCK AND
CRASHED OUTSIDE ROBB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AT THIS
POINT. AUTHORITIES SAY THE
SUSPECT HAD ALREADY SHOT HIS
GRANDMOTHER IN THE FACE. 18
YEAR-OLD SALVADOR RAMOS GOT
OUT OF HIS TRUCK. AT THIS
POINT. HE WAS SPOTTED PEOPLE
TO PEOPLE NEARBY AT A NEARBY
FUNERAL HOME. HE FIRED SHOTS
AT THEM. THEN HE WALKED
TOWARDS THE SCHOOL AND STARTED
FIRING SHOTS AT IT, HOPPING A
FENCE IN THE PROCESS. IT WAS
12 MINUTES LATER AT 11, 40
WHEN THEY THE PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT SAYS THE SUSPECT
ENTERED THE SCHOOL AND BEGAN A
FIRING AT 11. 44, THAT’S WHEN
LOCAL POLICE AND SCHOOL
DISTRICT POLICE ARRIVED ON
SCENE. THEY WORKED THEIR WAY
INTO THE SCHOOL, BUT THEY SAY
THE GUNMAN STARTED SHOOTING
BACK AT THEM. THEY HAD TO BACK
OFF AND TOOK TO TAKE COVER.
THEY BEGAN A NEGOTIATION
PROCESS AND THAT TOOK A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME
APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR LATER.
THAT’S WHEN A BORDER PATROL
AND TACTICAL TEAMS SHOWED UP.
THAT’S WHEN THEY SAY THE SHOT
AND KILLED RAMOS. IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY. NUMEROUS
OFFICERS. NOW IT TURNS INTO A
RESCUE OPERATION. HOW DO WE
SAY THESE CHILDREN? HOW DO WE
SAVE THE CHILDREN?
>> SOME MADE IT OUT. WE DON’T
HAVE A HARD NUMBER YET. BUT
THAT WAS A GOAL. AND THEN
CONTINUING MAKING THE AREA
SAFE, CONTINUE. LOT OF MOVING
PARTS. AFTERWARDS. THEY’RE
TAKING GUNFIRE. NEGOTIATIONS.
AND DEVELOPING A TEAM TO MAKE
IT RIGHT.
>> A TERRIFYING HOUR THERE.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO DEBUNKED
AN EARLY REPORT THAT RAMOS HAD
CROSSED PATHS WITH AN ARMED
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER BEFORE
HE GOT IN THE SCHOOL. THE DPS
PERSON SAID THAT DID NOT
HAPPEN. THERE WAS NOT AN ARMED
OFFICER AT THE SCHOOL AT THE
TIME AND THE SHOOTER ENTERED
THE SCHOOL ON OBSTRUCTED.
>> JOE, THANKS. INVESTIGATORS
SAY IT WILL TAKE MANY DAYS TO
PIECE TOGETHER EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED AND THEY’RE ASKING
THE PUBLIC TO BE PATIENT AS
THEY PUT TOGETHER THIS COMPLEX
SCENE. CHRIS NGUYEN EXPLORES
THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT STILL
REMAIN.
>> TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
LAST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
FOR STUDENTS HERE AT ROBB
ELEMENTARY. INSTEAD, THEY ARE
MOURNING THE LOSS OF THEIR
OWN.
>> THIS AS MORE QUESTIONS ARE
EMERGE OVER THE SECURITY
RESPONSE TO THE
>> THIS IS THE AGONY OF
PARENTS WAITING OUTSIDE
ELEMENTARY LEADING FOR POLICE
TO GO INSIDE AS AUTHORITIES
SAY A GUNMAN BARRICADED
HIMSELF INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL
TUESDAY. HE WALKED IN UNDER
STRUCKED IT INITIALLY. SO
FROM.
>> THE GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE TO
THE BARD AGE TO THE SCHOOL,
INTO THE SCHOOL.
>> HE CONFRONTED BY ANYBODY
INSIDE NEARLY AN HOUR OF SHEER
TERROR AS STUDENTS AND STAFF
HAD. WE WERE ALL HIDING BEHIND
THE STAGE IN THE CAFETERIA.
HAVE.
>> AND THE GUNMAN SHOT AND
KILLED 19 STUDENTS AND 2
TEACHERS AND A SINGLE 4TH
GRADE CLASS AMONG THE VICTIMS,
10 YEAR-OLD AMORY JOE GARZA
WHOSE FATHER SAID SHE WAS
TRYING TO CALL FOR HELP WHEN
SHE WAS SHOT.
>> I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
IF SHE DOES DIED, TRYING TO
SAVE JUST WANTED TO SAVE
EVERYONE.
>> MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT
HOW THIS MAN WAS ABLE TO GET
INSIDE THE SCHOOL AND THE RED
FLAGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
RAISED TO PRIOR TO THE
SHOOTING, INCLUDING TEXT
MESSAGES TO A TEENAGE GIRL
WHERE HE WRITES, I’M A GO
SHOOT UP A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIGHT NOW. WHY DID YOU DO
THIS? WHO IS THIS MAN? THE
SUSPECT? FIND OUT. MEANWHILE,
OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL, A GROWING
MEMORIAL AS UVALDE TRIES TO
HEAL FROM THE PAIN.
>> WE GAVE OFFICIALS HERE ARE
STILL TRYING TO COME TOGETHER
TO FIGURE OUT TIMELINE FOR THE
TRAGIC EVENTS UNFOLDED IN THIS
SCHOOL BEHIND ME. MEANWHILE,
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS
ALREADY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO
POSTPONE ITS HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION CEREMONY, WHICH WAS
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. WE’RE
LIVE HERE IN CHRIS WENT BACK
TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, CHRIS.
>> SO TODAY, THE 19 CHILDREN
AND 2 TEACHERS KILLED MET
TRAGIC SHOOTING. THEY ARE
BEING REMEMBERED THROUGH
ACTION. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
UVALDE NEWSPAPER TODAY TURNING
ITS ENTIRE FRONT PAGE BLACK,
SAVE FOR THE DATE MAY 24 2022.
THE DATE OF THE SHOOTING ON
THE OTHER SIDE. THE HEADLINE
READS CITY’S SOUL CRUSHED. AND
AS STUDENTS WE MENTIONED
WALKOUT AT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IN PROTEST OF GUN
VIOLENCE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
WALKOUTS IN FALLS CHURCH,
VIRGINIA. THE WALKOUTS WERE
ORGANIZED BY GROUPS. STUDENTS
DEMAND ACTION. THEY SAY THEY
WANT TO SEE STRICTER GUN LAWS
IN THE WAKE OF THIS MOST
RECENT SHOOTING AND STILL TO
COME ON NEWS, 4 JAX AT 5.30.
WE KNOW THE UVALDE SHOOTER
MADE DISTURBING POST ON SOCIAL
MEDIA BEFORE THE DEADLY
INCIDENT NEWS. 4 JAX ANCHOR
BRUCE HAMILTON SPEAKS WITH A