of a mass shooting. this one at an elementary school. in about a half an hour, we expect an update from greg abbott on yesterday's shooting at rob elementary school. police say the shooter, armed with an ar-style rifle and wearing the type of vest tactical teams use, entered the school, barricaded himself in a classroom, and opened fire. police say they eventually had to break windows to evacuate other students and staffers. as investigators continue to piece together what transpired, they're learning more about the suspect himself. they have identified him as 18-year-old uvalde resident. >> no friend or girlfriend that we can identify. it's hard to identify what caused or sent this individual to, you know, complete this heinous act, this evil act. it shows you pure evilness with this individual going into a school, barricading himself inside a classroom, and shooting children and teachers. >> meanwhile, in washington flags are flying at half-staff outside the white house the day after president biden demanded we turn the pain into action. chuck schumer said the senate will not vote quickly on new gun bills. opting to see if a bipartisan solution could be reached in the wake of yesterday's tragedy. >> sadly this isn't a case of the american people not knowing where their senators stand. they know. they know because my republican colleagues are perfectly clear on this issue. crystal clear. republicans don't pretend they support sensible gun safety legislation. they don't pretend to be moved by the fact that 90% of americans, regardless of party, support something as common sense as background checks and the vast majority of gun owners support the background checks bill. >> hard to believe that more time is going to somehow create a situation in the senate there to get something done. let's focus on the ground right now. kerry sanders is joining me from you value day, texas. kerry sanders, you're on the ground there. we're learning about the victims. we're learning the names. what else have you learned today? >> well, do a little shoe leather reporting here. walking the streets. i believe pretty close to confirming this that the gunman lived just three blocks from the school here with his grandmother. i mean, it's very close. we have a producer over there now trying to get a little bit more information to confirm that. the proximity of this is beginning to, i guess, take shape. as we know, so many of the kids walked to school here. it's very much a neighborhood school. there's no walls. they go on in. unfortunately that was a soft target for somebody with ill intent here. very much evil end. the investigation includes not only the department of public safety and the texas rangers, but you have federal agencies here, as well. you have the atf, alcohol, tobacco, and firearms and the fbi. we saw a short time ago, they're going door to door asking people for what they might have seen in recent days or weeks. something that might answer the question was this something that was rehearsed? something cased? did they look at the area? they would like to know that. of course, inside the forensic teams, many hours later, are still here doing work. all the victims' bodies have been taken out. there's so much more. and, of course, at the end of the day, they have probably the most difficult security video to ever look at. they have some security camera footage inside that will detail the horror of what unfolded here. meantime the authorities have been able to determine that the gunman was wearing, you know, we've been calling it body armor. it sounds like it was more some sort of tactical vest that maybe had sleeves where you can put in some protection. some armored protection. but, also, where you might be able to put a magazine with bullets, you know, so you can make the magazine and clip it into the weapon. the weapon, the authorities say it appears it was an ar of some type. all of this coming together -- well, let's listen to what the lieutenant had to tell me. lieutenant olivarez about what they're learning. >> in this case, we know for a fact it was confirmed he was wearing some type of tactical carrier. unknown if it was ballistic material. it goes to show the 18-year-old had the intent by having the weapon and this type of armor and tactical vest and the intent going into the school and completely shooting anybody that was in his way. >> reporter: chuck, the folks who live in this community, especially parents who had children in the school that were unharmed, have been making a parade here with flowers, balloons, and tears in their eyes trying to pay their respects. there's a church not too far from here where people are gathering randomly. no set schedule for worship. to get together to pay their respects to the loved ones and as we've seen, sadly in so many other communities, parkland comes to mind, this will last a lifetime. so those neighbors who are hugging their friends will need to be there probably for the rest of their lives because this is just that difficult to imagine. >> like sandy hook. there's a question whether the elementary school can be used again. i'm curious, kerry, have you learned about the security procedures the school had in place? they have the automatic locking doors and things like that. clearly they had cameras. >> reporter: we know they have a school resource officer here. that's essentially a police officer on campus. but as we've seen, you know, you need to be the right place at the right time. there were two other officers who responded but even still it was not something they could take him out that quickly. so it appears there may have been a lag in time which lead to more deaths here. >> kerry sanders on the ground for us. thank you. let me bring in tom winter. i think you have confirmation. there's been some question about was the school always the target? you seem to have confirmation on this. >> that's correct, chuck. i want to preface it with three things, before i continue. so we're as transparent as possible. people understand where the information is coming from and understand the parameters of the information. i'll start there. it's an ongoing criminal investigation into the horrific events that happened yesterday as often the case in the investigation barely 24 hours old at this point. the information i'm about to share with you is subject to change, as new information comes up, eye witnesses are talked to, and the forensics information comes forward. to the best of our knowledge, and they are in that is my colleagues pete williams, andrew blankstein and myself based on multiple local and federal law enforcement officials, they're telling us the following things as of 1:00 p.m. eastern time. first off, to your point, the school was always the intended target. it was not something where an accident occurred or something involving law enforcement got him to this point. there was some speculation as to whether or not this elementary school was always the intended target based on where the investigation stands now, yes, the school was the intended target of the person who did the shooting salvador orlando ramos. second thing, as of this hour, there's no determination on the motive of the shooter why he did this. not that presumably anything they could develop to a motive would make sense to the rest of us. but at this point, still no sort of motive has been determined. regarding the guns -- i think there's a lot of questions about this. the headline here is that the guns all appear to be purchased legally. we're talking about ar-15 style, as kerry alluded to. according to multiple officials, those two weapons are a smith & wesson m & p 15, an ar-15 style. the second is a ddmv 7. a smaller manufacturer. not as commonly known. the question is, when were these two guns purchased? on separate days? the same day? which day was it? without getting into a 20-minute conversation on how this is determined the fact it involves literal paper work and the type of information in the way it is developed. we don't know specifically what day it is. there was a suggestion by a state lawmaker in texas it was his birthday. we're not quite sure if that's the case. so it could have been later. it could have been separate days. we're trying to get to the bottom of that based on the law enforcement investigation. only one of those ar-15 style weapons was taken inside, we're told. one was left outside. perhaps outside of his vehicle. there was some reports and suggestion online and it frequently happens in the shootings that the mother may have been involved in this either at the school, the shooter's mother at the school, an employee of the school. we're told at this point it doesn't appear to be true. all is subject to change, chuck. that's the most granular information we have at this hour. >> and, tom, to clarify about the timing of the purchase of the guns. he turned 18 nine days ago? >> may 16th. >> so he purchased them sometime may 16th or later. >> correct. >> other than that we don't know the exact day. >> correct. >> all right, tom winter. catherine, you heard that new information. i think about what you have spent your time doing over the last decade developing, helping develop this active shooter program. you look at this and we're learning more about the gunman, you know, you're hearing stories. he was bullied in school and things like that. sadly this is going to feel like a familiar story, isn't it? >> it is. it's a common story in my head. it keeps me up at night on a regular basis more than it ever did. even when i was in the fbi for 20 years. that's the frustrating part, for sure, chuck. but you're right about this. especially the school shooters. the research that i authored at the fbi back when i was there showed that middle school shooters shoot in their own middle school and high school shooters shoot in their own high school. it's, obviously, very uncommon to have a shooting in an elementary school. it's very rare situation. i think if anything, they should be confident in that it's not a common thing. school shooters are the younger ones and oftentimes it's because they came from that school or live near that school district. so we're seeing exactly what we expect to see. >> so when you look at sort of how -- i mean, the first thing i think of is he just turned 18 and immediately can buy guns. without any sort of training or any sort of mental check. forget a background check. you look, how many will we have before we ask ourselves about why we made it so easy for younger folks to get their hands on weapons like this >>well, there's no question we live in a kind of a gun culture. right. our culture is very ingrained in it and, you know, i have a podcast. my copodcaster is from new zealand she's like what are you doing every there every time something happens. i get that. they had two terrible shootings and they eliminated. they changed the culture in their country. australia did the same thing. in this country, we have this culture of guns that persist and it starts at a young age. i mean, i watched "gunsmoke" and i listened to the heros and the guys in the white hats riding down and fixing everything, you know, the lone ranger and all of that. if i date myself. so we live in a different culture. we raised -- we've raised our kids to be that way. also, you know, historically it's a country that has war not that long ago from a historical perspective and foreign troops on our soil and revolution. people aren't going to -- aren't willing to get rid of the guns very quickly. i don't see that changing the way it changed in australia where they confiscated 650,000 guns. i mean, keep in mind, too, chuck, we have probably an estimated 20 million assault-style weapons in the united states. i don't know who is buying those back. it's probably not coming out of the u.s. budget. >> you've developed the programs to deal with active shooters. is this a school security issue or a gun problem? >> you know, i think it's not one or the other. i know you may say you're backing up. no. it's not one or the other. it's not this or that. school security is important. my gosh, columbine high school their budget was $8 million for school security and the city supported it with another $4 million. school security is a big business. you can't -- you can put, like in florida they passed a law that said there has to be an armed person on every school campus. that's great. parkland is a multibuilding campus. one or two people with guns may or may not be there to help. i know they can be. that saves a child or an adult, that's worth it but i don't think school safety is a single answer. >> we had an armed security guard at the grocery store in buffalo and the gunman had tactical gear. we saw, i mean, sadly these school -- these mass shooters they're learning from each other. they're coming better prepared. >> absolutely. >> there's an online forum for them to learn. >> exactly. they're learning from each other. there's no question about that. when people say, well, we need to hardin the targets. we need to get more guns the. not only are the shooters in the schools, the oxford probably had the gun in the backpack when he walked into school that day. so the harden ing the targets isn't going to do it. not that it doesn't help. i think schools should have doors that lock from inside the classroom instead of outside. i have a daughter who is a teacher. she has to step outside with a key to lock her door. it makes me very happy. but the other things account. i mean, we are a gun culture. we have a lot of guns here. i think we need to come up with some sort of stew that is a different set of -- a different set of rules for guns as part of the problem. a different set of rules for mental health issues. >> all right. i appreciate you coming on and sharing your perspective with us. we'll keep covering this story. as we mentioned, we're expecting a press conference coming up shortly from uvalde as texas governor greg abbott will be speaking. when it begins, we'll bring it live. what will it take for gun reform to happen on the federal level of this country. you're watching "meet the press daily." you're watching "meet the press you're watching "meet the press daily. still got it. 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of them. you'll see every one of them here. we can start in the year 2007. then governor rick perry signed the stand your ground bill into law allowing for the use of deadly force in protecting property. a few years later, in 2011, texas passed a law that limited the gun restrictions employers can place on their premises. in 2013, there was a new program that allowed certain school employees to arm themselves. there have been at least 78 school shootings in texas since it was created. 2016 was the ability to openly carry firearms and allowed concealed carry ron college campuses. in 2019, the state allowed for firearms in houses of worship and, again, loosened restrictions on guns in and around schools. the most recent and most extreme lifting of restrictions all came in last year. texans now do not need a license or training to carry a handgun. the minimum age to buy one is 18. the new laws make texas a state that will shield it from gun reform states. that's the state of texas. i'm joined by robin thomas. robin, as i read all those laws, we both know those will argue they passed those laws in order to give people more opportunities to protect themselves, if there was a shooter at church. or protect themselves if there was a shooter. that's about the only rational i can think of those would argue for what we see here. texas has loosened gun laws. i mean, they passed a bill last year to allow hotel guests to store and carry firearms. they seem to continue to find ways to loosen restrictions on guns. people wonder why there's no action on the federal level >>well, chuck, it's the biggest fallacy of all that having more guns around is going to make us any safer. if that were true, it would be the safest country in the world. texas would be one of the safest states. what the facts tell us is looser gun laws, more guns in the hands of civilians, and in this case, completely untrained, unbackground checked civilians only makes our communities less safe. only puts our children more at risk. arming teachers, arming guards it raises risk of our children being exposed to gun violence. it doesn't make them safer. the big lie, the fallacy about guns making you safer has, unfortunately, lead to so many shootings in this country and now school shootings, as well. until the american people are willing to actually look at the facts and hold our elected officials accountable for the truth, this is going to continue happening. >> so we have this issue where on the federal level there's paralysis and that's a feature to some. not a bug when it comes to gun laws. we've seen many red states. they're moving aggressively in this direction to make it easier and more legal to use your weapon. >> absolutely. in this country, we have this dichotomy, we have states where there's political will, we're making decisions based on what works and makes our community safer. we have stronger gun laws, we have fewer guns, and lower rates of gun violence and death. california and new york and states where they're taking steps to protect the people that live in those states and it actually works. if you look at the numbers, it totally bears out. you have the other states where like texas where the laws are getting weaker and weaker and more and more people are dying. this isn't a matter of opinion. it's a matter of fact. it's so frustrating to me when this is pitched as a political question. it's not a political question. this is a factual problem. this is a public health crisis. we actually have solutions for it. we just have politicians in the pockets of the nra of the gun manufacturers and make decisions based on that. not based on what protects our children. what protects our communities and makes them safer. >> there's going to be a lot of people frustrated. fred ambiguitienberg is not happy with senator schumer's decision. senator schumer would argue that he's actually trying to see if there is any meaningful incremental step that can be taken. maybe they revise background checks. maybe an effort to create a federal age limit on handguns or something like that. explain to me does delay help create more urgency to pass this? >> i don't believe so. i think the american people today, yesterday, tomorrow, this is the thing that is at the forefront of our minds. the moment when elected leaders get held accountable because people care and are paying attention. i think delaying it is what republicans and the gun industry count on. that is exactly their playbook. they push this off and say this is not the time to talk about solutions and they wait until people's attention turns to something else. this is the time to talk about solutions. if not now, when the classroom full of vulnerable, defenseless, innocent children slaughtered. if we can't talk about how to prevent the next time it happens from happening. when is the time? i think it is really important that we take action now. i think this is when we absolutely need to step up and implement the kinds of solutions we know will work. >> there's an uncomfortable fact, though, that we talk about in my political conversations internally. i cannot find an example of a single elected official who lost an election on this issue. on, yeah, i've seen examples of people that lost elections because they weren't pro gun enough. but not on the gun control side. somebody being voted out because they wouldn't support reasonable gun regulations. why is it been so hard to take what is a 90% support out there but there's -- it doesn't seem to create voter urgency. >> if you look at the folks we endorsed running for congress or senate even senate. years ago none of these candidates was running as champions of gun safety of gun violence prevention. we've seen dozens. we endorsed hundreds of candidates who are champions for gun safety in swinged districts and places like georgia. those candidates are winning. it has become a winning issue for candidates who are willing to speak out over willing to champion this. people are voting for them. now the story being told isn't these other guys lost because of their position but i can guarantee you, i can give you a list of hundreds of candidates who are winning and willing to speak out against it. including the president. >> is there a different tactic that needs to be done? the real issue is 20% of a state's elect rate decides who is in their state legislature. that's an a good turnout day. ultimately a small fringe is essentially writing this gun policy and many of the red states. >> i think that's absolutely true. this is intersectional in the sense it does dove tail the rights with gerrymandering and the other issues our country is facing. and creating systems and all of those understanding that ensuring our democracy functions requires us to have systems where you do have a voice of democracy. you have a voice of majority. it will require people to step up. to be willing to speak out. to be willing to vote those issues and vote out people who don't stand for what their electorate leaves them. appreciate you coming on. >> thank you. we're expecting to hear from the texas governor greg abbott in a few minutes. when that press conference begins, we'll bring it to you. it looks like we're getting close there. coming up, we'll talk about president biden's leadership being put to the test even further. if congress won't act on gun reform, what can be done gun ? reform, what can be done (whistle blows) your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. children are a blessing. god teaches us that. they're filled with laughter, innocence, and joy. their love is a gift that parents get to unwrap every single day. parents of uvalde had their gift taken away from them. stolen by a demented person. days before yesterday when these children were at school, some were receiving awards for perfect attendance. these kids will never attend school again. too say the least, uvalde has been shaken to its core. families have broken apart. hearts are forever shattered. all texans are grieving with the people of uvalde and people are rightfully angry about what has happened. abyss like this tear the fabric of the community. our job is to ensure that the community is not going to be ripped apart. what thigh need is our love. what they need is uplifting. from all of our fellow texans and all of our fellow americans. let me emphasize something i know you know but the reality is as horrible as what happened it could have been worse. the reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do. they showed amazing courage by running toward gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save lives. it is a fact that because of their quick response, getting on the scene, being able to respond to the gunman, and eliminate the gunman they were able to save lives. unfortunately not enough. but i want to make sure that everybody knows all of the law enforcement agencies and groups that are involved, that were involved, in this process that the texas rangers are leading the information and are supported by the texas department of public highway control, criminal investigative division, dps aircraft, dps intelligence counter terrorism division, dps crime and victim support, and the texas division of emergency management, the fbi, as well as multiple federal partners including the dea, atf, hsi, and border patrol. and, of course, the valiant local officials. the uvalde sheriff's department, police department, independent school peace officers, district attorney's office, local public works, and surrounding police departments, and the san antonio police and fire department, also. looking through some of the facts of what happened. there's been a lot of things that have been said. some are correct. some are incorrect. let me tell you the best information we have at this time. understanding very importantly this is an ongoing investigation and ongoing investigations often reveal new information as those investigations progress. the first thing that happened was that the gunman shot his grandmother in the face. she then contacted police. the gunman fled and as he was fleeing had an accident just outside of the elementary school and he ran into the school. officers with the consolidated independent school district approached the gunman and engaged with the gunman at that time. the gunman then entered a back door and went down two short hallways into a classroom on the left-hand side. the gunman entered into the classroom and it was connected internally to another classroom. border patrol consolidated isd officers, police, sheriffs, and dps officers converged on that classroom. a border patrol officer killed the gunman. as i said, texas rangers are leading the investigation joined by federal, state, and local law enforcement officials. and at this time, we know that 19 children have lost their lives. two faculty members have lost their lives. in addition to that, there are 17 people who are injured but their injuries are not life threatening. all family members of all of these students and faculty members have been contacted and informed about the circumstances. officials are working with parents to ensure that the parents will be able to see their children. parents should contact victim services at the county fairplex. we know there are parents still striving to make a connection. all parents are welcome and urged to contact victim services at the county fair plex. the gunman was 18 years old and reportedly a high school dropout. reportedly there has been no criminal history identified yet. he may have had a juvenile record, but that is yet to be determined. there was no known mental health history of the gunman. he used one weapon, which was an ar-15, using two 23 rounds. there was no meaningful forewarning of the crime other than what i'm about to tell you. as of this time, the only information known in advance was posted by the gunman on facebook approximately 30 minutes before reaching the school. the first post was to the point of he said "i'm going to shoot my grandmother." the second post was "i shot my grandmother." the third post, maybe less than 15 minutes before arriving at the school was, "i'm going to shoot an elementary school." i mentioned that during the shootout that took place at the school, in addition to the students and the faculty, there were three officers who were injured who remain in good condition. one deputy sheriff lost a daughter in that school. before coming out here, we had a long discussion with law enforcement at all levels. we had a discussion with community leaders and elected officials. i asked the sheriff and others an open-ended question. i got the same answer from the sheriff as well as from the mayor of uvalde. the question was what is the problem here? they said we have a problem with mental health illness in this community and they elaborated on the magnitude of the mental health challenges they're facing in the community and the need for more mental health support in this region. i want to make sure that everybody understands the mental health services that are available at this time with me making one clarifying point in advance and i'll redouble down in the aftermath. whenever anything as shocking and extraordinary and disturbing as this event is occurs, there is an urgent need for everybody affected to access mental health. i could not be more emphatic than saying with great urgency. everybody in this community, i mean, everybody. the victims, the families, family members, friends, the law enforcement involved. the entire community is in utter shock about this. the mental and emotional wounds are far harder to see and last far longer. the state of texas working with federal and local officials and agencies are going to be here for a long time. one key point that we will focus on is making sure that everybody in this community has the access they need for as long as they need it to address what the mental and emotional health care needs they have. i want to list various agencies and make sure these remain available to the public. mental health services available are from federal, state, and local levels. including the family resource center at the uvalde county fairplex. schools have crisis teams at the uvalde civic center. they provide wrap around services for families who are affected. the texas child mental health consortium created by the state legislature in 2019 is available to assist. the bluebonnet children's advocacy center is available to provide services for children. the texas health and human services commission is on site and will be available for ongoing provision of services. the texas education agency is providing supplemental counselling services. the texas department of public safety counselling is providing counselling services for law enforcement. the fbi is also bringing in mental health services for law enforcement. it could not be overemphasized the importance of law enforcement officers, all of them, seeking out and obtaining this mental health counselling. the district attorney's office for victim services has a phone number available for all victims and candidly the entire community. and i was provided their number to give out to your publicly. this is the number for the district attorney's office for victim services. the number is 830-278-2916. at this time, i will pass the mic to lieutenant governor dan patrick. >> excuse me. excuse me. excuse me. >> sit down. you're out of line. sit down. no. >> sir, you're out of line. sir, you're out of line. sir, you're out of line. please leave this auditorium. i can't believe -- to make like this. why don't you get out of here. >> every confirmation for what we have, for what it's worth, we thought it was beto o'rourk. our folks -- we confirmed it. >> there are -- there are family members -- there are family members who are crying as we speak. there are family members whose hearts are broken. there's no words anybody shouting can come up here and do anything to heal those broken hearts. we all -- every texan, every american, has a responsibility where we need to focus not on ourselves and our agendas. we need to focus on the healing and hope that we can provide to those who have suffered damage to their lives and loss of life. we need all texans to, in this one moment in time, put aside the personal agendas, think of somebody other than ourselves, think about the people who were hurt and help those who have been hurt. at this time, lieutenant governor will speak. >> i was about to say that there will be plenty of time to discuss and analyze what happened yesterday and do everything that we can within our power to hopefully prevent it from happening again. but now is the time people watching around the world, in this country, and the state to focus on these families as the governor just said. right now we need to put our arms around the families of these victims, the students, and the teachers. this is not a partisan issue. this is not a political issue. this is an unimaginable moment that will impact the lives of those who lost their children and those who survived. the adults and the teachers, the men and women of law enforcement who were there. we're better than this as a country. we're better than than this as country. we are better than this. these times when you see children killed, we can't imagine the pain these families are going through. we saw it four years ago in santa fe. so can we not be a nation that can stand together for at least a day or a week or a month. my gosh. to put these families first and everything else second, my gosh. you know, we live in a time -- i said this yesterday when people are at each other's throats everywhere we turn, whether it's on the internet or an oscar stage or two coaches arguing or in the political world or in the media world. who are we as an american people? who are we? we all have to do our part. all do our part to make us a better people and a better nation. evil will always walk among us. and in times like this, i've seen it, the governor's seen it, the senators have seen it, the attorney general's seen it and these other shootings sutherland springs, el paso -- >> beto o'rourke is taking a few questions. let's go to that. >> sutherland springs, santa fe high school and el paso -- [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: beto, parents of the victims have been telling us they're scared for other students. >> we owe those parents or prayers and we're praying for them and i talked to them today. we'll do everything we can to raise the resources to make sure we pay for funerals and any means that we may have. but we owe those parents action. i've talked to the parents in el paso, in santa fe high school, in midland, odessa. they want us to do something right now. if we continue to accept this, it is on us. it's not just the governor's fault, it's on us. i could care less whether you're a republican, a democrat or an independent, i'm asking you to stand up for ourselves, our kids, our families and to stop the next shooting just like this one. >> a kid that doesn't have a driver's license -- >> he should not have been able to buy an ar-15. you want a solution? have universal background checks. we don't have them. you want a solution? red flag laws or extreme risk protection orders which stop a shooting before it happens. you want a solution? each one of those has broad bipartisan sport right now. if we had a governor who cared more about the people of texas than he does his political career and his fealty to the nra. five of the worst mass shootings in history, what does he do about it? he goes to the nra convention to brag about how easy he's made it to buy guns. and to carry them. it is insane when the government talks about mental health. it's insane that we allow an 18-year-old to go in and buy a gun. what the hell did we think he was going to do with that? that's on us. >> right after el paso, right after midland odessa was the time to stop the next shooting. and in each case we say that's not the time. literally now is the time. that's what i want as a state. that's what i want as a parent. i've got three you kids in high school, middle school and elementary school. that's what they want. i face their judgment and my conscience and ultimately my maker for what i do when i have the chance to change this and i'm going to do everything in my power to change this. and i'm not alone. the majority of texas is with us right now. the majority of texas is not reflected by that governor or people around the table that say it's preventable or pure evil. this will happen once we change course. we've got to change course. >> we'll go back into the formal press conference after hearing from beto o'rourke after his confrontation with governor abbott. >> he reported he was going to a school. he can't identify a specific school. his mother reported to the police department when she was able to run across the street to a neighbor and get help. she was medevaced and at this point she's still alive. the subject, ramos, used his grandmother's vehicle to drive approximately .29 miles, which is a block and a half away from the school, robb elementary school. he crashed the vehicle. he exited with a backpack. he took a rifle with him, one rifle that he had previously purchased, as mentioned. he went towards the west side of the campus, which is a back door. but as he was approaching, as the governor mentioned earlier, there was a brave independent school district resource officer that approached him, engaged him. gunfire was not exchanged but the subject was able to make it into the school as the governor reported. he went down a hallway, turned right and turned left and there was two classrooms that were adjoining. that's where the carnage began. the shooting began. and we know the officers breached and engaged the active shooter and continued to keep him pinned down in that location afterwards until a tactical team to be put together. and members of a s.w.a.t. team for border patrol. two police officers breached the classroom door, engaged ramos and killed him at the scene. one thing i'd like to say, governor, and you hit the nail on the head. professional law enforcement is a professional. this is a situation we failed in the sense that we didn't prevent this mass attack, but i can tell you those officers that arrived on the scene and put their lives in danger, they saved other kids. they kept them pinned down and we're very proud of that. at the same time, we're always looking to get better and look at anything that might have been out there. we have yet to find a clue, whether it's social media or any other indicator that might have given us an idea he was about to do certainly like this and give us an opportunity to prevent it. the overriding priority view, certainly the legislature of texas and the people of texas is that it all about prevention, preventing the next massive attack. thank you for your leadership, speaker and lieutenant governor. >> thank you, governor. thank you for being here today. thank you for your support. i appreciate your team coming and speaking to us and providing the services and resources that you have. as superintendent, i could never imagine a day like yesterday. end of school, award ceremonies, the time of a second, third or fourth grader's life at that point. it was a senseless and tragic event of this magnitude and our community is heart breaking. it really is. we have had a lot of support here from our community, surrounding counties, surrounding districts and all over the state and i appreciate you thinking of us and sending that support. i have to relay the heartbreak of our teachers. i met with them this morning but as i looked across that room, there was a group of heros in that room. if it weren't for them along with the law enforcement came that were willing to cradle their kids, get them out of the classroom when it was safe, when it was guided and the trust our kids had in their teachers, that says volumes for our staff here in ubaldi. they are

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