A video circulating on social media appeared to indicate officers stopping anguished mother and father from dashing into the elementary faculty the place a gunman's rampage left 19 kids and two academics lifeless.

The footage, captured by Hugo Cervantes, confirmed quite a few mother and father confronting the closely armed officers who arrange a fringe round Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday.

Inside, authorities mentioned 18-year-old Salvador Ramos had barricaded himself inside a fourth-grade classroom and began capturing.

In a information convention on Wednesday, officers mentioned Ramos was inside the varsity for a minimum of 40 minutes earlier than a Border Patrol group breached the classroom and killed him.

Sheriff crime scene tape is seen outside
A video circulating on social media seems to indicate law enforcement officials stopping anguished mother and father from dashing into Robb Elementary Faculty the place a shooter's rampage left 19 kids and two academics lifeless. Against the law scene tape is seen exterior the varsity as state troopers guard the realm in Uvalde, Texas on Could 24, 2022. Allison Dinner/AFP by way of Getty Pictures

The video shared on-line captured the rising frustration of fogeys and members of the family who have been seen yelling and screaming on the closely armed officers standing exterior the constructing, demanding they do extra.

The footage additionally confirmed a number of officers pinning down a person close to a faculty bus.

"What the f**okay you doing to him? Let him up!" somebody is heard shouting.

One officer retaining folks at bay is seen holding a Taser within the clip, as mother and father referred to as on officers to cost into the varsity.

Juan Carranza, who lives throughout the road from the varsity, mentioned that he noticed folks urging police to enter the varsity.

A girl had shouted "Go in there! Go in there!" shortly after the capturing started, Carranza mentioned, however police remained exterior.

Javier Cazares, whose daughter Jacklyn Cazares was killed, mentioned that police have been "unprepared."

Cazares had raced to the varsity when he heard concerning the capturing and arrived to seek out police have been nonetheless gathered exterior. He grew annoyed that they weren't transferring and prompt charging into the varsity with different bystanders.

"Extra may have been performed," he mentioned.

Ramos shot and wounded his grandmother at dwelling earlier than attacking the varsity, authorities mentioned.

He reportedly crashed his truck right into a ditch exterior the varsity earlier than grabbing his AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and fired at two folks exterior a funeral dwelling close by.

Officers say he "encountered" a faculty district safety officer exterior the varsity however it's not clear whether or not they exchanged gunfire.

They mentioned Ramos fired on two arriving Uvalde law enforcement officials who have been exterior the constructing. Each officers have been injured.

Steve McCraw, Director of the Texas Division of Public Security, defended the actions of regulation enforcement.

He mentioned 40 minutes to an hour elapsed from when Ramos opened hearth on the varsity safety officer to when he was shot lifeless however a division spokesman later mentioned they might not give a strong estimate of how lengthy the gunman was within the faculty.

"The underside line is regulation enforcement was there," McCraw mentioned. "They did interact instantly. They did comprise [Ramos] within the classroom."