Coach Yvette Silva saw the shooter hop the fence into Robb Elementary and immediately alerted the school's office.
People pay tribute and mourn at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, May 31, 2022.Coach Yvette Silva was outdoors before the May 24 shooting and spotted the shooter hop over a fence.A report on the shooting highlighted systemic failures that led to the shooting's tragic outcome.
"Coach Silva to office, somebody just jumped over the fence and he's shooting," Silva said into her radio. She gathered the third graders and told them to run inside. Silva's message reached Principal Mandy Gutierrez moments after the shooter entered the campus, the report says. Gutierrez tried to alert the entire school about the shooting threat using the school's alert app, but couldn't because of a bad wifi signal.
Another coach, Abraham Gonzales, also alerted children to run away after hearing gunshots. Teachers Sasha Martinez and Lynn Deming were preparing to take their classes to recess when they heard the yells of Gonzales and students instructed by Gonzales to flee, the report says.Gutierrez did not, however, use the intercom system to alert the school of the approaching shooter, the report notes.
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