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Students run to safety after escaping from a window at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022.
Students run to safety after escaping from a window at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022.
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Photos show chaotic scene as Uvalde students escape

Photographs by Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
Updated 1:26 PM EDT, Fri May 27, 2022
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Chilling details emerged about the mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

One of the young survivors told CNN that she and her classmates were watching a movie when the shooter entered her room and shot her teacher and many of her friends. According to officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the shooter was in the school for up to an hour and had barricaded himself inside adjoining classrooms.

As all this was taking place, parents had joined dozens of law enforcement officers outside the school, desperate to know if their children were still alive. It was a chaotic scene.

Pete Luna, the general manager of the Uvalde Leader-News, was among those outside, waiting for a positive development. He then saw a group of children who were escaping through windows with the help of law enforcement.

Luna's photos are some of the few that we have seen from that turbulent time while the gunman was still in the school.

As the gunman was inside, worried parents gathered outside the school along with law enforcement and first responders.
As the gunman was inside, worried parents gathered outside the school along with law enforcement and first responders.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
A man throws his hands in the air as students are helped to safety.
A man throws his hands in the air as students are helped to safety.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
Law enforcement works near a school window before helping children out.
Law enforcement works near a school window before helping children out.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
The shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, crashed his truck in a ditch near the school, DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon said during a news conference. Ramos got out of the truck carrying a rifle and bag, Escalon added.
The shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, crashed his truck in a ditch near the school, DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon said during a news conference. Ramos got out of the truck carrying a rifle and bag, Escalon added.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
Law enforcement works near the scene.
Law enforcement works near the scene.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
People work to get the students out from the window.
People work to get the students out from the window.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
A stretcher is readied outside the school.
A stretcher is readied outside the school.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
An ambulance is at the scene as people watch from behind police tape.
An ambulance is at the scene as people watch from behind police tape.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
Helicopters are parked outside the school.
Helicopters are parked outside the school.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News
Children run to safety after escaping through a window.
Children run to safety after escaping through a window.
Pete Luna/Uvalde Leader-News

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