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UWALDE, Texas – As the city of Uwalde, Texas, mourns the 19 students and two teachers shot and killed in a shooting at Rob Elementary School, a surviving student tells Fox News about the frightening Tuesday.
“I was scared. To be like, ‘What would my last words be?’ I was really scared,” said Chloe Torres, 10.
She told Fox News that the horrific shooting began after she and other students went inside from the break and her teacher, Irma Garcia, released a film. “She told us we would move on to a quick lock. So, my friend, he got up and turned off the TV, because that’s what we had to do. And just as she came out to find the key and lock the door, we heard gunshots. “
Torres said that when her teacher tried to close the door, the assailant grabbed her and forced her inside.
Chloe Torres bows her head as she remembers what happened while the shooter was in her classroom. (Fox News)
“She started guarding us. And my friend Amory, she started trying to call the police with her friend’s phone. When she did, he began to say, “You’re going to die!”
Chloe said her teacher prayed to the shooter as she guarded her and her classmates. But the pleas were not enough to stop the shooter.
“He shot my friend and my teachers. And then he said goodnight and started shooting at everyone. “
Memorial in front of the school. (Fox News)
Khloie said he wandered around the class, shooting at anyone who could be seen. And then he came to her.
“He shot the girl next to me, and she said, ‘I was shot!’ And I didn’t want to say anything because I didn’t want him to come and shoot me.” So I remained silent. He came back and shot her again because she would not be silent. “
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She said the gunman went to the next room and continued firing. When she heard him return to the corridor, she ran to see who was alive.
“It’s difficult because there were bodies everywhere!
Chloe said she called 911 several times, but was told over and over again that police were already on campus. When they entered the room more than an hour later, two teachers – Garcia and Eva Mireles – and 19 classmates were dead. Other students said both teachers tried to protect them.
Crosses in Uwalde, representing 21 lives of shooting at the Rob primary school. (Fox News)
Chloe’s father, Ruben Torres, said he was receiving the wrong information at the time and did not know there was an active shooter on campus.
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“I heard it from my colleague telling me that it was a high-speed pursuit. And that’s common here, so I didn’t think of anything about it, “he said. “If I had known that an active shooter was on her campus, I would have left work immediately.
He also said that as investigations unfold, he is focusing on Khloie’s healing from that traumatic day.
“The road will be long. It will never disappear for her.”
Chloe attends the funeral of her teacher, Mrs. Garcia. She said she also plans to attend most of her classmates’ services.
The lawn of Rob Elementary School is now full of flowers and monuments. (Fox News)
The head of Uvalde confirmed that there are no students or teachers to return to Robb Primary School and the district is looking for quick accommodation. But Chloe’s mother said last Tuesday was her last day of classroom instruction. She will be trained at home.
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“The way it was done was so bad,” said her mother, Jamie Torres. “I must be able to believe that she will be safe.”
The Department of Justice and the Texas Department of Public Safety have said they will investigate the reaction to the shooting from local police.
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