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Huge dump of Uvalde massacre documents are FINALLY released - including harrowing 911 calls from kids and revelations from shooter's family
Newly released documents have revealed harrowing 911 calls and other police communications from the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.
Calls from inside the Uvalde, Texas fourth grade classroom along with body camera footage and surveillance videos were included in a massive release by city officials on Saturday after a lengthy legal battle.
The massacre on May 24, 2022, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, was one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.
One of the survivors, Khloie Torres, begged for help in a series of 911 calls, whispering into the phone that there were 'a lot' of bodies.
'Please, I don't want to die. My teacher is dead. Oh, my God,' Torres said.
Newly released documents revealed harrowing 911 calls and other police communications from the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting
One of the survivors, Khloie Torres (pictured), begged for help in a series of 911 calls, whispering into the phone that there were 'a lot' of bodies
The dispatcher asks the 10-year-old girl if there are many people in the room.
'No, it's just me and a couple of friends. A lot of people are,' she said, pausing briefly, 'gone.'
The police force has been heavily criticized in the wake of the massacre, after it emerged that nobody attempted to confront the shooter until 77 minutes after he began his rampage.
Just before the 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos arrived at the school, he shot and wounded his grandmother at her home. He then took a pickup from the home and drove to the school.
Ramos' distraught uncle made several 911 calls begging to be put through so he could try to get his nephew to stop shooting.
'Everything I tell him, he does listen to me,' Armando Ramos said. 'Maybe he could stand down or do something to turn himself in,' he added, his voice cracking.
Just before the 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos arrived at the school, he shot and wounded his grandmother at her home
Ramos' distraught uncle made several 911 calls begging to be put through so he could try to get his nephew to stop shooting
He said his nephew, who had been with him at his house the night before, stayed with him in his bedroom all night, and told him that he was upset because his grandmother was 'bugging' him.
'Oh my God, please, please, don't do nothing stupid,' the man said on the call. 'I think he's shooting kids.'
Ramos entered the school at 11:33 a.m., first opening fire from the hallway, then going into two adjoining fourth-grade classrooms.
The first responding officers arrived at the school minutes later. They approached the classrooms, but then retreated as Ramos opened fire.
Surveillance videos from the school hallway have shown police officers running away from the classroom they tried to engage the gunman, who had an AR-15 rifle, and he shot at them.
Uvalde School District Police chief Pedro 'Pete' Arredondo was in charge of the massive law enforcement response on the day, which saw at least 380 officers from various local, state and federal agencies swarm on the school.
Arredondo and Officer Adrian Gonzales have been indicted on charges of child endangerment in connection with the tragedy.
At 12:06 p.m., much of the radio traffic from the Uvalde Police Department was still focused on setting up a perimeter around the school and controlling traffic in the area, as well as the logistics of keeping track of those who safely evacuated the building.
Surveillance videos from the school hallway have shown police officers running away from the classroom
Uvalde School District Police chief Pedro 'Pete' Arredondo and Officer Adrian Gonzales have been indicted on charges of child endangerment in connection with the tragedy
They’ve had trouble setting up a command post, one officer tells his colleagues, 'because we need the bodies to keep the parents out.'
At 12:16 p.m., someone with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the state law enforcement agency, called police to let them know a SWAT team was en route from Austin, about 162 miles away.
'Do you have a command post? Or where do you need our officers to go?' the caller asked.
The police representative responds that officers know there are several dead students inside the elementary school and others still hiding.
Some of the 911 calls released were from terrified instructors. One described 'a lot, a whole lot of gunshots,' while another sobbed into the phone as a dispatcher urged her to stay quiet. 'Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!' the first teacher cried before hanging up.
The victims' families have reached a $2 million settlement with the city and announced they are suing nearly 100 'cowardly' state troopers.