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Originally Posted by Wormius
Well, how do the cops that just arrived know that they’re dealing with a scorched earth shooter or a hostage situation?
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I imagine it'd be pretty obvious given the volume of shots going on inside the building. Here's the timeline:
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11:32 a.m.: The gunman approached the west side of the campus. When he arrives at the school, he hops a fence and enters the parking lot, shooting “at the school” while still outside.
At one point, students heard banging on a window before their teacher saw the shooter with a "big gun," a fourth-grade student who was inside the school at the time said in an interview with ABC News, describing the "nonstop" gunshots that followed.
11:40 a.m.: Ramos walked into the west side of the school through an unlocked door, Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Victor Escalon said in a press conference Thursday.
11:43 a.m.: Robb Elementary School posts to Facebook that the campus has gone under lockdown "due to gunshots in the area."
11:44 a.m.: Local police and the district police officer make entry into the school and hear gunfire. They watch the suspect walk 20 feet into the school, make a right into another hallway and then walk 20 feet, Escalon said. He then turned left into a classroom with "doors open in the middle," Escalon said.
After the gunman went into a classroom that was connected internally to a second classroom and began shooting, "That's where the carnage began," McCraw said.
The initial responding officers did not initially enter the classroom due to the gunfire they were receiving and fell back, Escalon said. While they made calls to bring in backup, officers evacuated students and teachers.
Around 12:45 p.m.: Border patrol and tactical teams arrive and make entry before shooting and killing the suspect, Escalon said. Their focus then turned into a rescue operation, Escalon said.
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So basically a few officers engaged him in the school, retreated when he returned fire, and then the police (including some heavily armed ones based on the pictures and videos) waited outside for about an hour until CBP officers arrived.