Lt. Christopher Olivarez, of the Texas Department Public Safety, detailed the horrific ordeal to CBS News.
barricaded himself inside a classroom and opened fire while teachers broke windows throughout the school to try to save other children, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.
"At that point, [he] just started shooting children and teachers that were inside that classroom, having no regard for human life," Olivarez said."Just a complete tragedy. An evil person going into the school and killing children for no reason whatsoever." "They heard the gunfire," said Olivarez."They saw the shooter. At that point, they were met with gunfire by the shooter. Several police officers were shot."
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