Robb Elementary School teacher Arnulfo Reyes feels abandoned by police after all 11 of his students were killed during the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, reported ABC News..The fourth-grade teacher was shot twice and all his students were killed and two weeks after the events Reyes said he feels abandoned by police.."They're cowards," Reyes said. "They sit there and did nothing for our community. They took a long time to go in… I will never forgive them.".After the shooter entered the school, a total of 77 minutes passed before police entered and killed the gunman.."You have a bulletproof vest, I have nothing. You are supposed to protect and serve," said Reyes referring to the police.."There is no excuse for their actions, and I will never forgive them."."I feel so bad for the parents because they lost a child, but they lost one child. I lost 11 that day, all at one time," said Reyes..A Texas Department of Public Safety official said the on-scene commanding officer made the "wrong decision" to wait to breach the barricaded classrooms, reported ABC..During the shooting, 19 children and two teachers died..Robb Elementary School conducts drills along with other preparations incase of an active shooter event, but teachers were given no warning on May 24..Reyes said there were no announcements or message alerts before the shooting.."It all happened too fast. Training, no training, all kinds of training, nothing gets you ready for this," he said.."We trained our kids to sit under the table and that's what I thought of at the time. But we set them up to be like ducks.".The only defence available for Reyes was to tell children to "act like you're asleep.".Reyes said the solution is not with school training for these kinds of events, but to change legislation around gun access..He was clear he is not against gun ownership, but thinks rules around training and age limits need to be adjusted.."If you want to buy a gun, you want to own a gun, that's fine," he said.."But the age limit has to change. And I think that they need to do more background checks on it. Things just have to change. It must change."."The only thing that I know is that I won't let these children and my co-workers die in vain. I will go to the end of the world to make sure things get changed."
Robb Elementary School teacher Arnulfo Reyes feels abandoned by police after all 11 of his students were killed during the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, reported ABC News..The fourth-grade teacher was shot twice and all his students were killed and two weeks after the events Reyes said he feels abandoned by police.."They're cowards," Reyes said. "They sit there and did nothing for our community. They took a long time to go in… I will never forgive them.".After the shooter entered the school, a total of 77 minutes passed before police entered and killed the gunman.."You have a bulletproof vest, I have nothing. You are supposed to protect and serve," said Reyes referring to the police.."There is no excuse for their actions, and I will never forgive them."."I feel so bad for the parents because they lost a child, but they lost one child. I lost 11 that day, all at one time," said Reyes..A Texas Department of Public Safety official said the on-scene commanding officer made the "wrong decision" to wait to breach the barricaded classrooms, reported ABC..During the shooting, 19 children and two teachers died..Robb Elementary School conducts drills along with other preparations incase of an active shooter event, but teachers were given no warning on May 24..Reyes said there were no announcements or message alerts before the shooting.."It all happened too fast. Training, no training, all kinds of training, nothing gets you ready for this," he said.."We trained our kids to sit under the table and that's what I thought of at the time. But we set them up to be like ducks.".The only defence available for Reyes was to tell children to "act like you're asleep.".Reyes said the solution is not with school training for these kinds of events, but to change legislation around gun access..He was clear he is not against gun ownership, but thinks rules around training and age limits need to be adjusted.."If you want to buy a gun, you want to own a gun, that's fine," he said.."But the age limit has to change. And I think that they need to do more background checks on it. Things just have to change. It must change."."The only thing that I know is that I won't let these children and my co-workers die in vain. I will go to the end of the world to make sure things get changed."
