ARREST A WANTED MAN. >> RELATIVES OF A MAN WHO DIED AFTER STRUGGLING WITH BSO
ATTENTION DEPUTIES ARE
CLAIMING THERE IS A COVER UP.
>> LET’S BEGIN WITH THAT
BREAKING NEWS IN TEXAS.
DEADLY SHOOTING AT AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> .14 STUDENTS AND ONE
TEACHER WERE KILLED IN THE
RAMPAGE.
EDEN IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH
THE LATEST ON THIS DEVELOPING
STORY.
WE’RE TAKING A LIVE PICTURE
RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE OF THE
SCHOOL IN UVALDE, TEXAS.
A SMALL TOWN OF A LITTLE MORE
THAN 16,000 PEOPLE STILL A
VERY ACTIVE SITUATION AS THIS
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER
AN ARMED SUSPECT WENT ON A
SHOOTING RAMPAGE AT ROB
ELEMENTARY IN UVALDE, A SMALL
COMMUNITY ABOUT 80 MILES
OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.
>> THE SHOOTER WAS SALVADOR
ROMAS.
IT’S BELIEVED HE ABANDONED HIS
VEHICLE AND ENTERED INTO THE
ROB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
UVALDE WITH A HANDGUN AND HE
MAY HAVE ALSO HAD A RIFLE.
>> PARENTS FACING A NEW GRIM
REALITY, THAT THEIR KIDS WON’T
BE COMING HOME.
>> HE SHOT AND KILLED,
HORRIFICALLY,
INCOMPREHENSIBLY, 14 STUDENTS
AND KILLED A TEACHER.
MR. ROMAS, THE SHOOTER, HE
HIMSELF IS DECEASED.
AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT
RESPONDING OFFICERS KILLED
HIM.
>> GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ALSO
REVEALING THE SUSPECT SHOT HIS
GRANDMOTHER BEFORE SETTING HIS
SIGHTS ON THE SCHOOL.
>> THE NUMBER OF FIREARMS, THE
NUMBER OF THE MILLIONS OF
AR-TYPE WEAPONS, WE DON’T KNOW
IF THAT WAS USED BUT SOMETHING
LIKE THAT PERHAPS TODAY,
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TYPICALLY
DO NOT HAVE SECURITY BECAUSE
THEY TYPICALLY DON’T NEED IT.
AND SO THE COMBINATION OF
MAYBE NO OFFICER THERE, A
PERSON WITH OVERWHELMING FIRE
POWER PROBABLY HAD TO GO
THROUGH VERY LITTLE SECURITY.
>> THE MASS SHOOTING COMING
JUST OVER A WEEK AFTER THE
MASSACRE AT A SUPER MARKET IN
BUFFALO, NEW YORK.
>> SHOOTER STARTED OUTSIDE,
SHOT PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL
AND THEN SHOT HIS WAY IN.
PERHAPS YOU HAD THE SAME
VERSION HERE.
BUT TO NOT REPEAT MYSELF, WE
ARE AT THE MERCY OF WHAT WE
KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE IN ADVANCE.
AND WITHOUT THAT, THERE IS NO
REALISTIC WAY TO STOP THESE.
>> WHEN PARENTS DROP THEIR
KIDS OFF AT SCHOOL, THEY HAVE
EVERY EXPECTATION TO KNOW THAT
THEY’RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PICK
THEIR CHILD UP WHEN THAT
SCHOOL DAY ENDS.
>> LET’S GO AHEAD AND TAKE
ANOTHER LIVE LOOK.
THIS IS AT UVALDE, TEXAS AT
ROB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THAT
SMALL TOWN THERE.
WE’RE SEEING PEOPLE BEING AIR
LIFTED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL.
I MENTIONED, THIS IS A SMALL
TOWN.
SO THE HOSPITAL IN UVALDE IS
NOT EQUIPPED TO TREAT -- THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD NOTIFIED
PARENTS TO PICK THEIR STUDENTS
UP FROM THE SCHOOL AND THAT
THE KIDS WOULD BE ESCORTED TO
THEIR PARENTS CAR BECAUSE THE
BUS TRANSPORTATION WAS
CANCELLED FOR THE DAY.
AGAIN, WE ARE LEARNING THE
IDENTITY OF THE SUSPECT,
IDENTIFIED AS 18-YEAR-OLD
SALVADOR ROMAS.
AS THE GOVERNOR JUST
MENTIONED, TWO OFFICERS WERE
SHOT IN A CONFRONTATION WITH
THE GUNMAN, BUT THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
WE’RE WAITING ON THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE TO START.
HOPEFULLY AUTHORITIES CAN FILL
US IN ON WHAT HAPPENED HERE AT
UVALDE, TEXAS, A SMALL TOWN, A
CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY THAT HAS
BEEN IMPACTED NOW BY ANOTHER
MASS SHOOTING, 14 STUDENTS AND
ONE TEACHER DEAD.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN TEXAS.
WE’LL KEEP AN EYE ON THIS
DEVELOPING STORY.
AND OF COURSE AS SOON AS I
LEARN MORE DETAILS, I’LL SHARE