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'Act like you're asleep': Wounded Uvalde teacher recounts chilling moment he 1st saw gunman

An elementary school teacher wounded in Uvalde described the chilling moments he first encountered a gunman who would take the lives of 19 students and two teachers.

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An elementary school teacher wounded in Uvalde described the chilling moments he first encountered a gunman who would take the lives of 19 students and two teachers.

Highlights

  • Arnulfo Reyes was watching a movie with 11 of his students when he heard the deadly shots ringing out, he told ABC News anchor Amy Robach.
  • The 17-year veteran teacher described multiple harrowing encounters with the gunman, offering the most vivid account yet of what transpired inside his classroom on May 24, when 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos attacked Robb Elementary School.
  • One student survivor, 10, said after the shooting that the gunman came into his classroom and said, “You’re all gonna die,” and just started shooting.
  • One bullet went through an arm and lung, and another bullet hit him in the back.