Texas killer told children: ‘It’s time to die’– moments before shooting them
- A boy who survived told TV reporter what the gunman said – his parents did not want him identified or on camera, but he wanted to share what happened
- The boy also said a police officer shouted ‘Yell if you need help!’ and when one child did that, the gunman overheard and shot her
A student who survived Tuesday’s mass shooting atRobb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, says the gunman told the children “It’s time to die”.
The boy said he was in a room that shared a door with the classroom where the gunman first barricaded himself in during the shooting. It was at that point he “started shooting children and teachers that were inside”, according to a report by CBS News.
“He came in and he crouched a little bit and he said, ‘It’s time to die,’” the boy told a television reporter. His parents did not want him identified or on camera, but the boy wanted to share what happened.
“I was hiding hard,” said the fourth-grade student in a heartbreaking account of the gunman’s classroom assault. “The police officer said: ‘Yell if you need help!’ And one of the persons in my class said ‘help.’ The guy overheard and he came in and shot her,” the boy told news channel Kens5.
The gunman who killed the 19 children and two teachers was able to enter the school without any confrontation, authorities said on Thursday, contradicting earlier reports that a police officer engaged him outside the building.