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CTV News
12-08-2025
- CTV News
Desperate parents pleaded with officers to act during Uvalde school shooting, video shows
In this image from police body cam video provided by the Uvalde County Sheriff's Department, law enforcement agents ready their weapons during the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. (Uvalde County Sheriff's Department via AP) AUSTIN, Texas — Desperate parents begged law enforcement officers to storm an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in the frantic minutes after a gunman opened fire in one of the deadliest classroom attacks in U.S. history, police body camera video released Tuesday shows. 'Whose class is he in?' one parent can be heard asking. Another comes up and yells, 'Come on man, my daughter is in there!' The heartbreaking videos show the agonizingly slow law enforcement response along with confusion and delays. Authorities failed to confront 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos for more than an hour after the attack at Robb Elementary School began on May 24, 2022. Nineteen students and two teachers were killed. The records released Tuesday are the final batch of documents that local authorities withheld during a yearslong legal battle over public access. Family members of the victims were among those pushing for the the records to be released. Several bodycam videos show officers from multiple departments inside the school hallway and standing outside, some suggesting throwing gas in the window or searching for a key to the locked classroom. But it's unclear who is in charge. Within minutes, parents making their way to a fence near the school yell at officers to do something. One parent angrily says, 'Either you go in or I'm going in bro,' adding a few seconds later, 'My kids are in there, bro. ... Please!' In one video, an officer involved in the initial response can be heard saying, 'We can't see him at all' before adding, 'We were at the front and he started shooting.' The officer wearing the bodycam asks: 'He's in a classroom right?' Another officer responds: 'With kids.' Documents released Monday by the school district offer the most detailed look yet at the gunman whose downward spiral began in middle school with a series of suspensions and warnings for harassment and bullying. He dropped out of school just months before the shooting. Sheriff's deputies went to the gunman's home on two consecutive nights just three months before the attack because he was arguing with his mother over Wi-Fi and broken video game equipment after she turned off the internet, county's records released Tuesday reveal. Adriana Reyes said her son never hit her but told deputies she was scared of him and needed help, a report said. Ramos' grandmother picked him up one night, and deputies drove him there the next night. Media organizations, including The Associated Press, sued the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District and Uvalde County in 2022 for the release of their records. A Texas appeals court in July upheld a lower court's ruling that the records must be made public. Last year, city officials in Uvalde released body camera footage and recordings of 911 calls. Nearly 400 officers waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the gunman in a classroom filled with dead and wounded children and teachers. Federal and state investigations later looked into law enforcement training, communication, leadership and technology, and questioned whether officers prioritized their own lives over those of children and teachers. At one point during the massacre, officers can be seen tucked in recesses in the hallway as one outside the building says: 'They are taking him out. Stand by.' But the minutes tick past. 'We are waiting,' an officer outside says. Minutes later, a voice can be heard saying over a loudspeaker: 'Please put your firearm down. We don't want anyone else hurt.' Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales, another former school district officer, are the only two officers who face criminal charges for their actions that day. They both have pleaded not guilty to child endangerment and abandonment and are scheduled for trial later this year. ___ Jim Vertuno And John Seewer, The Associated Press Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press reporters Heather Hollingsworth in Kansas City, Missouri; Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia; Andrew DeMillo in Little Rock, Arkansas; Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia; and Ed White in Detroit contributed.
CBS News
12-08-2025
- CBS News
Uvalde school district releases records for 2022 Robb Elementary shooting, after legal fight over access
School officials in Uvalde, Texas, on Monday released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School, following a yearslong legal battle over public access to the material. The records include emails between top school district officials and also, text messages and emails to and from at least two school police officers who were on the scene. The release also contains the personnel file of former Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo, who has been described as the on-scene commander of the law enforcement response. The release included a handful of text exchanges between Arredondo and others at the district that were sent before the shooting. At 9:04 a.m., the chief told Officer Adrian Gonzales to "go hang out at the park with the seniors until 11:30." At 11:40 a.m., a text to Arredondo from a district secretary noted someone reported hearing shots outside Robb Elementary. "They went ahead and locked themselves down," the text to Arredondo read. At 1:07 p.m., a text to Arredondo asked if any students were injured or taken to the hospital, and asked if the district can lift the "secure status" on the school. The shooter had been killed by law enforcement about 15 minutes earlier. Media organizations, including The Associated Press, sued the district and county in 2022 for the release of their records related to the mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. A Texas appeals court in July upheld a lower court's ruling that the records must be released. The records are not the public's first glimpse inside one of the nation's deadliest mass shootings and a slow law enforcement response that has been widely condemned. Last year, city officials in Uvalde released police body cam videos and recordings of 911 calls. Nearly 400 officers waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the gunman in a classroom filled with dead and wounded children and teachers. Multiple federal and state investigations into the response have laid bare cascading problems in law enforcement training, communication, leadership and technology, and questioned whether officers prioritized their own lives over those of children and teachers. Two school district officers face criminal charges for their actions that day. The former schools police chief Arredondo and former officer Adrian Gonzales both face multiple counts of child endangerment and abandonment. Both men have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled for trial later this year. They are the only two responding officers to have been charged.
The Sun
08-08-2025
- The Sun
Weapon-obsessed teen GUILTY of murdering boy, 15, at school with hunting knife before making chilling excuse to teacher
A WEAPON-obsessed teen has been found guilty of murdering a 15-year-old boy with a hunting knife in horror attack at school. Harvey Willgoose was ambushed in a courtyard while on his lunchbreak at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield. 4 4 He was stabbed twice - including once in the heart - by a 15-year-old boy in front of horrified pupils in an "act of retribution". Following the attack, he told headteacher Sean Pender: "I'm not right in the head. My mum doesn't look after me right." The teen, who legally cannot be named, also said "you know I can't control it" when the school's assistant head, Morgan Davis, took the knife off him. He has now been found guilty of murder after previously admitting manslaughter. Harvey's family including his mum Caroline wept as the verdict was delivered today after 14 hours of deliberation. Sheffield Crown Court heard Harvey and the defendant had fallen out five days before the horror on February 3. A teacher had to restrain the killer when he got involved in an altercation between two other boys. The school was plunged into lockdown after he claimed one of the other students had a knife but no weapon was found. Harvey stayed off school for the rest of the week, texting his dad: "Am not going in that school while people have knives." Then over the weekend, the pair fell out on social media as each boy sided with a different pupil involved in the altercation. The defendant came to school on the day of the fatal stabbing and told a teacher he had nothing on him he shouldn't when asked. But just after the start of the lunchbreak, he pulled out the hunting knife and stabbed Harvey twice. Police later discovered pictures and video on the killer's phone that showed him posing with knives. He had also conducted a number of chilling searches for weapons leading up to the killing. Prosecutor Richard Thyne KC said the boy "wanted to show he was hard" and had become "obsessed" with weapons. He had previously talked about "shanking" someone when he was 13 years old and searched "waiting for someone to swing so I can let out my anger". Mr Thyne said the boy's internet searches showed 'not just someone with a growing fascination with weapons, but someone who really wanted to own them'. He said: 'You may think the searches aren't conducted by someone who has a specific and deep-rooted fear of someone, but by someone who's become obsessed.' But Gul Nawaz Hussain KC, defending, said the defendant 'snapped' after years of bullying and 'an intense period of fear at school'. He told jurors: 'Tragically, Harvey was a combination of being the final straw that broke (the defendant) and the unintended face of a series of threats of violence and bullying he had suffered in recent months. 'We say he suffered a loss of control which resulted in horrific and tragic consequences.' The boy will be sentenced at a later date. 4
The Sun
10-07-2025
- The Sun
Teacher confronted schoolboy as he ‘waved hunting knife without realising he had just stabbed and killed classmate, 15'
A TEENAGER was confronted by a teacher moments after stabbing his classmate to death, a jury was told. The 15-year-old defendant was still waving the hunting knife he had used to stab Harvey Willgoose on February 3. 2 2 He has admitted to manslaughter but denies murdering his classmate. A pre-recorded interview with a teacher at All Saints Catholic School - where the attack took place - was played for Sheffield Crown Court today. Carolyn Siddall said she became aware of a "student disturbance" at the start of the school lunch break. She said: "When I turned around there was a boy (the defendant) wearing his school uniform and a thin sort-of waterproof jacket. And in his right hand, he had a knife which was more black than silver. "He had a stance that was sort-of quite open with his arms, and the knife was very visible. "He was waving the knife. But he appeared to be saying 'I'm not gonna hurt anyone'." She and her colleague Rachel Hobkirk encouraged the boy to put the knife down several times. However, he continued to wave it in the air. Ms Siddall also said that there were no other students in between the teachers and the alleged killer. At the time, Ms Siddall said she wasn't aware of "anything he'd done with the knife". Shocking moment woman screams at neighbour before torching Land Rover because she thought his badgers killed local cat She believed that there "was a possibility that he might actually put it down" although reported that he did seem "sort-of-jumpy". If anything, she and her colleague believed it was "a bit of bravado" as he made no attempt to conceal the weapon. She added: "Whilst we thought he might put it down, it was very much in a weapon pose at that time." The headteacher, Sean Pender, and assistant headteacher, Morgan Davis, then arrived at the scene. Mr Davis would eventually get the knife from the defendant, while the headteacher took him to his office. As Ms Siddall moved the rest of the schoolchildren to a safe space, she noticed a student on the floor for the first time. She said: "I opened the doors and could see that there was a lot of blood on the courtyard." Ms Siddall then radioed to the office to call and ambulance, while the school went into lockdown. In addition to Ms Siddall's testimony, the jury has also been shown CCTV footage of Harvey being stabbed in the courtyard. Another video interview with Sean Pender was also played in court. The headteacher said: "I remember thinking 'he's got a knife, he's got a knife, I can see it clearly', and not what I would call a little pen knife." He said the defendant told him he had brought the knife for his own protection, out of fear he would be "jumped" on the way home. Mr Pender added: "He never once said 'how's Harvey', or 'I'm sorry ' or anything like that." His defence lawyer, Gul Nawaz Hussain KC, told the jury: "The defendant did not set out to kill or seriously hurt anyone. "The defence say his actions that day were the end result of a long period of bullying, poor treatment and violence - things that built one upon another until he lost control and did tragically what we've all seen." The trial continues.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Yahoo
Brandon teen recovering at home after sword attack inside high school
Chinoso Onuke says he thought he was going to die when a fellow student, dressed all in black with a mask, attacked him with a sword inside Brandon's Neelin High School last week. Seven of his fingers were nearly severed as he fought off the attacker during the hallway assault on June 10. The 15-year-old says the teen was wearing a long black trench coat, a hat, and a mask with a long beak. "I thought the fit was a little weird, honestly," Chinoso said. "I was wondering like, why would someone come and dress like a witch doctor?" At first, he thought it was a costume — until the teen pulled out a jagged sword and lunged at him striking him in his stomach. "He's trying to kill with the last one, like he's going straight here. I grab [the sword] with both hands … and he tries to pull it away," Chinoso said describing the attack. "I don't release it … I push it away and I run away." "I run straight to the office and I'm like, if I don't get to the office right now, I'm cooked." Chinoso was rushed to Winnipeg for more than 10 hours of emergency surgery. He's now recovering at home after undergoing life-saving care to treat wounds to his abdomen, chest, thigh and hands. His mother, Helen Onuke, says watching her son go into surgery was terrifying. His blood pressure dropped as low as 57/24. "No parents should have to go through that. Nobody should have to go through that," Helen said. The family believes the attack was racially motivated and is calling for action from school officials, the city and the province. Police say the motive is still under investigation. During the attack, the school was placed under lockdown. Police say they used a stun gun to subdue and disarm the suspect. A 16-year-old student has been charged with multiple offences, including attempted murder. He's scheduled to appear in court Tuesday. "We know that certainly, the harms that were intended were beyond the individual victim involved," said Chief Tyler Bates at a press conference last Wednesday. "We do believe that those intentions were interrupted — that the response of our officers prevented further bloodshed." Chinoso returned to Brandon on Thursday and visited Neelin the following day, where he saw messages of support written on the sidewalk. Those messages mean a lot, he says, because the incident has left everyone shaken. "One of my friends described a scene where they thought I looked dead when I came out of the stretcher. My eyes were closed, covered in blood," he said. "It's a little shocking, I guess, but like, at the moment I thought I was about to die." Despite what happened, he says he's not afraid to return to school. "Why would I be terrified of going back to a place I like? There's like a 0.01 per cent chance of this happening again," he said. Helen, however, said her sense of safety has been shattered by the attack. She wants justice for her son and for other students to feel safe in school again. "You don't expect a sword in school, not to talk of this Brandon, Neelin," she said. "So what are you going to do to make it safe?" Hailing originally from Nigeria, Helen came to Canada 25 years ago. Her family moved to Brandon in 2018 for her husband's ministry. Their son volunteers at their downtown soup kitchen, Love in the City. She worries the community hasn't shown enough support following what she believes was a racially-motivated attack. Helen said she hasn't heard from the mayor or premier. Brandon's Mayor Jeff Fawcett told CBC while he hasn't had a chance to see the family yet, he does plan on visiting. CBC has reached out to the province for comment. "A child almost got slaughtered. Why is everybody sitting on quiet?" she said. Chinoso says he'll be spending the summer resting and recovering from his injuries. His hands are bandaged and in casts so he's using an iPad with voice control to pass the time. For the next six weeks, he'll need help eating, dressing and brushing his teeth. Then comes rehab. "It's going to be a slow process, but we'll see," Helen said. Chinoso hopes to get back to basketball, football, and volunteering, he said. But, school next year won't feel the same, he says. "I can barely still comprehend that even happened," he said. "I look at my hands and be like, no, this is not a dream."
