Category: Texas

Texas School Shooting Suspect Talked Buying Gun, Wrote ’10 More Days’ on Social Media: Official

The 18-year-old who law enforcement officials say gunned down 19 children and two teachers in an elementary school in Texas talked with people online about buying a gun and hinted that something big was going to happen on the day the shooting occurred, an official said on May 27. Salvador Ramos, the shooting suspect, was…


Teacher Propped Open Door to Texas School Before Shooter Entered: Official

Panicked children and teachers placed half a dozen calls to 911 emergency services from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, according to an official on Friday, who also said that a teacher propped open a door minutes before the shooter entered. At least two children called the 911 emergency number from the two…


Texas DPS Official Admits ‘Wrong Decision’ in Police Response to Uvalde School Shooting

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw admitted Friday that it was the “wrong decision” to not engage Texas mass shooter Salvador Ramos sooner. When asked why police at Robb Elementary didn’t act quicker, McCraw told reporters at a news conference that “the on-scene commander at the time believed that it had transitioned from an active…


Texas School Shooter’s Father Speaks Out: ‘He Should’ve Just Killed Me’

The father of mass shooter Salvador Ramos gave his first media interview, issuing an apology to the families of the 19 children and two teachers who were shot and killed on Tuesday at a school in Uvalde, Texas. “I just want the people to know I’m sorry man, [for] what my son did,” his father,…


LIVE: Texas Officials Give Update on Elementary School Shooting

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials give updates on the investigation into the elementary school shooting that killed 21 people, including 19 children. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus…


Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent Saves Students, Daughter After Wife Texts ‘Help’

An off-duty Texas Border Patrol agent rushed into Robb Elementary School with a shotgun and rescued several-dozen children and his daughter during a mass shooting on Tuesday after his wife sent him a text message. Jacob Albarado told the New York Times that he was getting a haircut when he received a message from his wife,…


Texas Gov. Abbott Cancels Planned Appearance at Houston NRA Summit, Will Speak at Uvalde High School

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has canceled a planned appearance at the National Rifle Association (NRA) convention in Houston in the wake of the Texas elementary school shooting this week. Abbott was scheduled to appear at the NRA’s annual leadership forum alongside Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and former President Donald Trump, according to the NRA convention website. However, he will instead hold a press conference at Uvalde High…


Police Waited for Backup Before Engaging Texas School Shooter Because ‘They Could Have Been Shot’

A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) official has said officers “could have been shot” if they engaged the gunman holed up with his victims in a classroom at Robb Elementary School before a specialist tactical team arrived. Authorities on Thursday sketched out a timeline of events from when 18-year-old Salvador Ramos crashed his vehicle to when…


Officers Waited to Engage Texas School Shooter Because ‘They Could Have Been Shot:’ Official

A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) official has said officers “could have been shot” if they engaged the gunman holed up with his victims in a classroom at Robb Elementary School before a specialist tactical team arrived. Authorities on Thursday sketched out a timeline of events from when 18-year-old Salvador Ramos crashed his vehicle to when…


Police: Texas Gunman Was Inside the School for Over an Hour

UVALDE, Texas—It was 11:28 a.m. when the Ford pickup slammed into a ditch behind behind the low-slung Texas school and the driver jumped out carrying an AR-15-style rifle. Twelve minutes after that, authorities say, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos was in the hallways of Robb Elementary School. Soon he entered a fourth-grade classroom. And there, he killed…