SLAMS INTO A HOME WITH A FAMILY INSIDE. >> LOCAL 10 NEWS STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
>> OFF THE TOP AT 6:00, IMAGES
FROM A TOWN IN MOURNING.
THE PEOPLE OF UVALDE, TEXAS
ARE DEALING WITH UNIMAGINABLE
PAIN AFTER TUESDAY’S MASSACRE
AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> AND ONE BY ONE, WE’RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE YOUNG
INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO WERE
KILLED.
SOME OF THEIR PICTURES ARE
SEEN HERE.
19 CHILDREN MURDERED ALONG
WITH 2 BELOVED TEACHERS.
>> SIR, YOU’RE OUT OF LINE.
SIR, YOU ARE OUT OF LINE.
PLEASE LEAVE THIS AUDITORIUM.
>> ANGER ACROSS THE NATION
OVER GUN REFORM.
TEXAS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR BETO O’ROURKE CRASHED
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT’S NEWS CONFERENCE
BEFORE BEING ESCORTED OUT.
>> TONIGHT WE’RE HEARING WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN THE
..18-YEAR-OLD GUNMAN STORMED
THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND
BEGAN SHOOTING.
>> WE’RE ALSO LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE YOUNGEST VICTIMS.
WE BEGIN OUR LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE WITH BRIDGETTE MATTER
IN UVALDE, A TOWN IN MOURNING
TONIGHT.
BRIDGETTE?
TONIGHT. BRIDGETTE? >> IT CERTAINLY IS.
AND THIS IS SUCH AN ACTIVE
SCENE STILL ONE DAY AFTER THIS
SHOOTING HAPPENED.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF
WHAT IT’S LOOKING LIKE, WE ARE
SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH
MEDIA FROM ACROSS THE WORLD
THAT ARE COVERING THIS
TONIGHT.
BEHIND ME IS WHAT THE SCENE
LOOKS LIKE NOW.
WE SEE DOZENS OF OFFICERS FROM
DIFFERENT AGENCIES, INCLUDING
ATF, FBI, LOCAL POLICE AS WELL
AS BORDER PATROL.
AS OF NOW, A MOTIVE IS
UNKNOWN, BUT WE’RE LEARNING A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
GUNMAN WHO KILLED 21 PEOPLE
YESTERDAY.
19 CHILDREN AND 2 TEACHERS
WERE KILLED AFTER AN
18-YEAR-OLD OPENED FIRE AT
ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
UVALDE, TEXAS.
THE SCHOOL OF 600 STUDENTS NOW
THE SITE OF ONE OF THE
DEADLIEST SCHOOL MASS
SHOOTINGS IN THE NATION.
THE FBI COMBING THE FRONT LAWN
FOR CLUES AS FLOWERS REST ON
THE SCHOOL’S WELCOME SIGN.
THE GUNMAN, 18-YEAR-OLD
SALVADOR RAMOS, A HIGH SCHOOL
DROP OUT, SHOT HIS GRANDMOTHER
BEFORE GETTING INTO HER CAR.
HE CRASHED IT NEAR THE SCHOOL.
TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
RELEASING MORE DETAILS ABOUT
THE SHOOT INGING.
>> THE FIRST THING THAT
HAPPENED WAS THE GUNMAN SHOT
HIS GRANDMOTHER IN THE FACE.
SHE THEN CONTACTED POLICE.
THE GUNMAN FLED AND AS HE WAS
FLEEING HAD AN ACCIDENT JUST
OUTSIDE OF THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL AND HE RAN INTO THE
SCHOOL.
OFFICERS WITH THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT APPROACHED THE GUNMAN
AND ENGAGED WITH THE GUNMAN AT
THAT TIME.
>> THE 18-YEAR-OLD HAD AR-15
STYLE RIFLES.
HE WOULD BARRICADE HIMSELF
INSIDE A CLASSROOM, KILLING 21
PEOPLE BEFORE POLICE KILLED
HIM.
>> THE GUNMAN THEN ENTERED A
BACK DOOR AND WENT DOWN TWO
SHORT HALLWAYS AND THEN
ENTERED INTO A CLASSROOM ON
THE LEFT HAND SIDE.
HE ENTERED INTO THAT CLASSROOM
AND THE CLASSROOM WAS
CONNECTED INTERNALLY TO
ANOTHER CLASSROOM.
BORDER PATROL CONSOLIDATED ISD
OFFICERS, POLICE, SHERIFF
OFFICERS CONVERGED ON THAT
CLASSROOM.
AND A BORDER PATROL OFFICER
KILLED THE GUNMAN.
>> THE SUSPECT’S GRANDFATHER
SPOKE TO ABC’S MATT GUTMAN.
>> I TOLD HER, WHY ARE YOU
DOING SO MANY FAVORS FOR
EVERYBODY?
>> BECAUSE HE WAS PAYING FOR
HIS PHONE BILL?
>> NO, I THINK HE WAS PAYING
BUT HE WANTED TO PUT IT ON A
DIFFERENT LINE.
AND THEN I JUST LEFT.
>> WERE THEY ARGUING?
>> NO, NO.
>> WE ALSO KNOW THE SUSPECT
WAS ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ON
MOMENTS LEADING UP TO THE
SHOOTING, COMMUNICATING WITH A
15-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN GERMANY
ABOUT SHOOTING UP A SCHOOL.
THIS JUST 11 MINUTES BEFORE
THE FIRST 9-1-1 CALL CAME IN
FROM THE SCHOOL SHOOTING.
ADOLFO HERNANDEZ SAYS HIS
NEPHEW WITNESSED THE SHOOTING.
>> HE SAW A TEACHER GET HIT
AND A STUDENT GET HIT IN THE
FACE.
AFTER THAT I GUESS THEY PUSHED
HIM TO THE CORNER OF THE ROOM.
>> TONIGHT, THAT QUESTION OF
MOTIVE STILL REMAINS.
POLICE ARE COMBING THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA.
THEY HAVE FOUND THAT HE WAS
ACTIVE ON FACEBOOK LESS THAN
20 MINUTES BEFORE THIS
SHOOTING HAPPENED, POSTING
ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING THIS.
WE’RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF
PEOPLE WITH SUPPORT IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT TOWNS IN
TEXAS ARE MAKING THE DRIVE,
BRINGING FLOWERS HERE.
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT EVEN
CONNECTED TO THIS IN ANY WAY.
WE’RE ALSO SEEING FAMILIES
HEADING TO THE SCENE, MANY OF