As the days go by, more horrific details come to light during the massacre committed by an 18-year-old Texas psychopath who murdered 21 people, including 19 children. “Good night,” Ramos said, before shooting and killing a teacher. Then he started slaughtering the children slowly, while at that time policemen were standing outside waiting for a special unit.
Salvador Rolando Ramos, an 18-year-old killer, entered the school through an unlocked side entrance on Tuesday last week in Texas, the 18-year-old killer entered nearby classrooms and informed terrified fourth-graders that it was “time to die.” The attack lasted so long, witnesses said, that the gunman managed to mock his victims before killing them, and even uploaded songs that one student described to CNN as “I want people to die for music.” As the minutes ticked by, more and more desperate students called 911.
At 12:03 p.m., a girl called 911 for just over a minute and whispered that she was in room 112, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Director Stephen Macro. She called back at 12:10 and reported a number of dead, and again a few minutes later, to say there are still several students alive.
“Please send the police now” the girl begged the police on the phone at 12:43, 40 minutes after her first call. More time will pass before the authorities finally come in and kill Ramos just before 1 p.m. An appallingly slow response from authorities in a town in South Texas.
In all, 19 children and two teachers were killed, and 17 more were injured, a devastating cost for a small community, mostly of Hispanic descent, where it was customary for relatives to be in the same class at the school. In the days that followed, the rage erupted when Texas officials reiterated that the police were acting properly, obscuring the fact that police officers stood outside for a full 40 minutes, until two Border Police officers arrived who sought contact and eliminated the killer.