Texas school massacre.. A woman recounts the details of attempts to save children
Angeli Gomez, a mother of two incarcerated at Robb Elementary School in Texas, told how she rushed to the school to rescue her two children during the mass shooting that killed 19 girls, boys and two teachers.
In her account to CBS News, the woman criticized the way the police worked, noting that she had received a call from a legal entity warning her not to face the consequences of speaking to the media about her experience.
Gomez, a farm worker in Yuvaldi, explained how she managed to rush to Robb Primary School and rescue her children during the shooting despite police attempts to stop her.
She said that when she learned of the shooting, she drove quickly back to school, but was refused entry.
"Immediately as soon as I parked my car, the policemen started walking towards my car saying I would not be allowed to park there," she added.
Warning that she would be arrested for not cooperating, she replied, "Okay, you have to arrest me because I'm going in there," referring to the school where the police were stationed.
Gomez alleged that police handcuffed her to prevent her from rushing to school.
She told an officer, "I don't need you to protect me. Get away from me. I don't need your protection. If anything, I want you to go with me to protect my children."
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The police, in turn, denied having to handcuff some parents, telling the Wall Street Journal that they "maintained order and peace in the midst of the desperation that was building around the school."
Gomez said she managed to convince the local police to untie her, and once she was free, she jumped over the fence and rushed into the building to pick up her two children in the second and third rows from the inside.
According to her account, the police chased her as she ran towards the building.
Gomez was photographed holding her children's hands as she fled school.
Later, the woman criticized the police, noting that "nothing was done."
"If anything, it was the police who were more aggressive towards parents who were willing to enter the school," she said.
The mishandling of the shooting by law enforcement authorities sparked outrage in the United States after it was revealed that the police had not entered the classroom to confront the shooter for more than an hour, and the US Department of Justice opened an investigation to review the police response to the attack after authorities admitted wrongdoing. .
Gomez broke down in tears as she recounted her experience to CBS News, saying: "They could have saved more lives, they could have gone to the classroom and we might have just lost two or three kids, maybe they could have saved the whole class, or more. They could have done Something".
* Translated by: buzzfeednews
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