Weeks of pain in Uvalde.
Rob Elementary where the community
still comes to remember 21
innocent lives lost is where
Angela Gomez made a split decision
to save her kids from a gunman,
a decision she says has led to
harassment and threats by Uvalde police.
Angelee is a farm worker and
was working in the fields when
the school came under attack.
I just I'm running.
I just run off the fields
and I get in my car.
I'm going about 100 mph.
I had my flashing lights
on and she was hysterical when
she arrived and wanted to go in
immediately but says she was ordered
by an officer to get back. He's
like you're very close. I said,
why don't need you to protect me?
I don't need your protection
what you need to do is go
protect my kids they're in there.
Angelique says she could hear
the children and the gunman.
You could just hear the gun.
Going to get your kids
screaming from the cafeteria.
Kids screaming from classrooms.
She says she and other parents
were frustrated that police were
standing around doing nothing.
I'm starting to tell the parents
come on. If we all go in there,
they can't stop us all.
She says they not only
stopped her, but handcuffed
her and tackled
some parents to the ground.
What are you? Why are you doing
it to us? And you can't even go
in there and do it to the shooter,
Angeli says after a few minutes she did
calm down and officers uncuffed her.
That's when she ran, hopped in
nearby fence and ran inside.
I mean it was really risky what I did,
but at that moment you don't think it's
just your mind goes blank and you're
just in there to do what you're gonna
do. Angelica says she first ran to one
of her son's classrooms and got the
teacher to open the door and then help
lead the entire class out of the school.
They're already coming in for me,
so I might as well take your
way out so she's like. OK,
so she's getting the kids were coming.
But come on guys, we're gonna go. But
Angeli says she wasn't done.
Her other son was still inside.
And terrified, she could still
hear gunfire in the distance.
So I kind of just got on one knee
and I was just kind of said a
prayer real quick like cause I
could hear the kids screaming.
I want my mom from the cafeteria.
Angelica says she made it to her
son's room and managed to get
him and one of his friends out.
She says a resident shot this
video of her running from the
school and gave it to her.
It shows her and the two boys
running into the parking lot.
Her son breaking down into tears.
Angela's attorney, Domingo Garcia,
says she acted with more heroism than
most of the officers who responded that
day. Hey, how you doing.
It's a sad statement that these
police officers are willing to arrest
parents who are just trying to save
their children as opposed to going
after an active shooter who at that
time was still shooting children and
killing them and shooting teachers.
And they did nothing.
Weeks after the shooting,
Angelica says she's still
being threatened with arrest.
She claims she's been watched by Yuval
the police in marked cars evaded.
Police have not responded
to requests for comment.
I've also had a cop park here
while me and my grandmother are
exercising flickering on and off
his headlights just watching us.
I don't know what he's doing,
he's just there.
She says they're angry with
her for ignoring their orders.
We can arrest you for tampering with an
open investigation of an active shooter.
Her attorney says it's
intimidation and a form
of small town justice
intimidation, but people under a badge
for telling the truth for telling their
story and trying to save her two children.
You too take care.
Angeli wants police Chief Pete Arredondo,
fired and held accountable.
He was the presumed incident
commander that day,
devalue police have not responded
to repeated requests for comment on
Angelina's case to WFA or her attorney.
She hopes by speaking out,
it will protect her from future retaliation.
In Uvalde I'm Rebecca Lopez.
The State House panel investigating
the Uvalde mass shooting and
the police response plans to
hear more testimony next week.