Kids or Killers | UVALDE Children or GUNS? Track

On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. 18-year-old Salvador Ramos fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers, and wounded seventeen others. Earlier, he shot his grandmother in the face.

The killer shut himself inside two adjoining classrooms without locking the classroom door, killed the victims, and remained in the school for more than an hour before the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) fatally shot him.

Police officers waited 74 minutes on-site before breaching the classroom to engage the killer. Police also cordoned off the school grounds, resulting in violent conflicts between police and parents who were attempting to enter the school to rescue children. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) police chief Pedro Arredondo was identified as the incident commander. Arredondo refuted the characterization of his role as incident commander, but was later fired by the Uvalde school board for his actions during the shooting.