“”Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said the gunman could have been in the school for 40 minutes to an hour.
"Go in there! Go in there!" a woman shouted to officers soon after the shooting happened, witness Juan Carranza, 24, said. He lives across the street from the school. "There were more of them. There was just one of him," he said.“”
But he said the officers stayed outside.
Witnesses said that loved ones and onlookers anxiously waiting outside Robb Elementary School on Tuesday as the gunman was inside shooting teachers and students urged police who were outside the school to go in and try to stop the shooter.“
“Officials say the shooter "encountered" a school district security officer outside the school, though there were conflicting reports from authorities on whether the men exchanged gunfire.”
”“The gunman wasn’t killed for the better part of an hour until a Border Patrol team tactical unit arrived and shot him. Border Patrol agents were in the area because Uvalde is near the Mexican border.”“
当地安全官员和警察严重失职！ 但会有人被追究吗？
▲年仅10岁的阿梅里是这次枪击事件的死者之一。（图／翻摄自Facebook／Angel Garza）
美国德州罗伯小学（Robb Elementary School）24日发生大规模枪击案，18岁枪手拉莫斯（Salvador Ramos）射杀19名儿童、2名教师后遭警方击毙。其中一名10岁女童阿梅里当时正拿着手机准备打911报警，但却被枪手发现，直接被开枪打死，而她最好的朋友就坐在旁边，被喷得满身是血。而阿梅里的父亲是一名救护员，他赶到现场才发现女儿就是其中一名死者。
根据《PEOPLE》报导，年仅10岁的阿梅里（Amerie Jo Garza）是这次枪击事件的死者之一，但她英勇的事迹也会永远被人记住。枪手拉莫斯当时拿着AR-15步枪走向阿梅里班级的教室，并对着所有人说，”你们会死的。”接着就朝所有学生疯狂开枪。
机警的阿梅里立刻拿起手机要拨打911报警，但却不幸被枪手发现，直接被开枪打死，事发时阿梅里就坐在她最好朋友的旁边，而她被枪杀后，朋友全身都沾满了她的血。
阿梅里的父亲加尔札（Angel Garza）是一名救护员，他当时在第一时间赶往现场，帮助了一名浑身是血、崩溃痛哭的女孩，”我以为她受伤了，我问她怎么了，她说她没事。”小女孩接着说，枪手射杀了她最好的朋友，当时朋友试图报警，”我问她，那个小女孩叫什么名字，她告诉我叫做阿梅里。”
加尔札从女儿朋友口中得知死讯，他心痛地表示，自己的女儿才刚过完生日，当时她正准备用新手机拨打911报警，”她只是想报警，我猜枪手就朝她开枪了，怎么能看着这个小女孩，然后开枪打死她，我的宝贝，我只是想让人们知道，我女儿是为了救她的同学而死，她只是想拯救每个人。”
阿梅里的奶奶阿雷奥拉（Berlinda Arreola）说，阿梅里前两周才刚过完10岁生日，”枪手本来可以抢走手机就好，但却开枪打了她，她是一个英雄，她试着想打911拯救朋友。”阿雷奥拉表示，阿梅里去年还获颁学校的”善良之心”奖，而且在枪手袭击前几分钟，她才因成绩优秀被老师表扬。
德州警方表示，这场枪击造成19名学生、2名教师身亡，所有受害者都是在同一间教室被枪杀，学生年龄都在11岁以下。德州州长艾波特（Greg Abbott）指出，在开火前约15分钟曾在脸书公布他的攻击计划，还在一则讯息中指称，他要枪击自己的祖母。所幸这名祖母脸部中枪后，目前确认生还。