Arnulfo Reyes lost 11 of his students in the gun attack on a primary school in Uvalde, Texas.
A teacher wounded in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has criticised police as "cowards" for delaying taking action while his pupils were killed.he said he told his students to pretend to be asleep during the shooting.
The students were watching a film when shots broke out. He told them to hide under tables and pretend to be asleep, as they were taught.Mr Reyes was shot, then took the advice he had given his students and pretended to be asleep. As he lay near his desk, he could hear police who had rushed into the school only minutes behind the attacker.
"But they had already left. Then he [the killer] got up from behind my desk and he went over there and he began shooting again."After conflicting information, police now say the killer was holed up in the classroom for 77 minutes before police breached the door. Uvalde police have faced heavy criticism for the delay.
During the attack, children were frantically calling 911 to report multiple gunshot victims. Worried parents also tried to rush in, as police physically prevented them from entering.
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