The 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas school barricaded himself inside a single classroom and “began shooting anyone that was in his way”. Details of the atrocity have continued to emerge with the latest being given by authorities on Wednesday as they detailed the latest mass killing to rock the US.
Law enforcement officers eventually broke into the classroom and killed the gunman, who used an AR-style rifle. Police and others responding to Tuesday’s attack also went around breaking windows at the school to enable students and teachers to escape, said Lt Christopher Olivarez, of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Lt Olivarez told CNN that all of the victims were in the same classroom at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. The killer “barricaded himself by locking the door and just started shooting children and teachers that were inside that classroom”, he said. “It just shows you the complete evil of the shooter.”
