4th grade survivor of Texas college shooting describes gunman’s phrases before opening fire

Survivors of the Texas elementary school taking pictures are recounting the gunman's eerie last words of "Good evening" and "You're all gonna die" before opening fireplace, and the way some played lifeless to be spared in the spray of bullets.

Fourth grade scholar Miah Cerrillo, 11, told CNN her class was watching “Lilo and Stitch” when the shooter appeared Tuesday at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.

She stated the gunman looked at one of her lecturers within the eye and mentioned, “Good evening” before shooting her.

Miah advised her story by a CNN producer. She did not wish to converse on camera and declined to speak to any males following her experience with the varsity capturing and solely felt snug chatting with ladies, the broadcaster said. NBC Information couldn't instantly confirm the account.

Miah herself was hit by fragments in the hail of bullets, CNN reported.

After firing photographs in her classroom, the shooter went into the adjoining classroom and opened fireplace, Miah mentioned. She stated she heard “unhappy music” taking part in, believing the gunman put it on. 

When asked what the music was, she stated it gave the impression of, “I need folks to die music.”

Miah stated that when the gunman went into the opposite room she smeared a friend’s blood on herself to look useless. She additionally stated she and a good friend grabbed their instructor’s cellphone and referred to as 911, telling a dispatcher, “Please ship assist because we’re in hassle.” 

In the Tuesday horror, 19 kids and two lecturers were killed, and one other 17 had been wounded.

A Robb Elementary instructor, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told NBC News that a Raptor alert, a program designed to alert employees of a lockdown, went off after shots have been fired and youngsters began to cover underneath their desks within the class. 

Samuel Salinas, 10, was a pupil in teacher Irma Garcia’s class on Tuesday when the varsity capturing unfolded.

“It was a traditional day till my trainer stated we’re on extreme lockdown” and “then there was shooting within the home windows,” he mentioned in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Friday.

He said that the gunman barged into the classroom, announced, “You’re all gonna die,” after which began to shoot. 

“He shot the trainer after which he shot the youngsters,” Samuel said. 

He explained that he survived by enjoying dead after he acquired hit within the leg with shrapnel that hit a chair between him and the shooter.

“I believe he was aiming at me,” Samuel mentioned. “I played useless so he wouldn’t shoot me.”

When police finally entered the room and shot the gunman, the kids were evacuated. Within the rushed exit, Samuel noticed the bodies of his trainer and other pupils.

“There was blood on the ground,” he stated. “And there have been children ... filled with blood.” 

The investigation into the taking pictures is ongoing, and plenty of questions stay as to why it took police so lengthy to take out the gunman.

The shooter, Salvador Ramos, 18, was killed at the scene.

In a news conference Thursday, Texas officers walked again beforehand released information, saying the gunman wasn’t confronted by a college police officer and entered the school building unobstructed.

Police now say it took over an hour from the first 911 call to stop the massacre.

Officials shared a brand new timeline revealing that at 11:28 a.m. Tuesday the gunman crashed a car close to the school and shot at two people outside a funeral house throughout the road, then climbed over a fence to Robb Elementary.

Officials mentioned the primary 911 name came in at 11:30 a.m., the gunman entered the varsity 10 minutes later and four minutes later police have been on the scene. The first officers on the scene referred to as for backup, however tactical teams didn’t arrive until about an hour later, Victor Escalon, the South Texas regional director for the state Division of Public Safety, stated Thursday.

Texas investigators advised NBC News victims of the taking pictures had been found in four classrooms.

Robb Elementary serves second by means of fourth grade college students within the small city of Uvalde, which is about 75 miles from the Mexico borders and home to a large Latino community.

Mother and father and loved ones who were gathered outside Robb Elementary throughout the capturing begged and shouted at police to enter and shield their children.

Angeli Rose Gomez instructed The Wall Street Journal she was handcuffed by U.S. marshals outdoors the college for repeatedly demanding police enter the school. 

“The police were doing nothing,” she mentioned to the paper. “They were simply standing outdoors the fence. They weren’t getting into there or operating anywhere.” 

She stated at first she waited patiently then when she grew to become more fervent with her pleas, U.S. marshals allegedly arrested her for intervening in an lively investigation. 

Marshals told NBC News in a statement that deputy marshals “never arrested or positioned anyone in handcuffs while securing the crime scene perimeter.”

“Our deputy marshals maintained order and peace in the midst of the grief-stricken group that was gathering across the school."

Marlene Lenthang is a breaking information reporter for NBC News Digital.

Pete Williams and Jonathan Dienst contributed.