'The kids started asking out loud, 'Mr. Reyes, what is going on?'' Teacher of 11 children who were killed in Uvalde shooting describes tragic events.
A teacher who was wounded in last month's massacre at a Texas elementary school told ABC his students were watching a movie when they heard gunshots -- and asked him what was going on.
"The kids started asking out loud, 'Mr. Reyes, what is going on?'" Reyes told ABC's Amy Robach in an interview aired Monday on"World News Tonight with David Muir." "As they were doing that, and I was gathering them under the table and told them to act like they're going to sleep, is about the time when I turned around and saw him standing there."Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio The gunman opened fire, striking Reyes; one bullet went through his arm and lung, and another hit his back, ABC reported.
"One of the students from the next-door classroom was saying, 'Officer, we're in here. We're in here,'" he said."But they had already left."
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