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A transcript of a 911 call from one of the students inside the Uvalde classroom that was targeted by Ramos Salvador has revealed that one of the two teachers killed in the massacre may have survived if cops had not waited an hour to take out the gunman.
'There is a lot of bodies,' 10-year-old Khloie Torres told a 911 dispatcher 12:10 pm on May 24 after Ramos opened fire at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, the New York Times reported.
Khloie added that one of her teachers had been shot but was still alive and begged for help.
'I don't want to die, my teacher is dead, my teacher is dead, please send help, send help for my teacher, she is shot but still alive,' the desperate girl pleaded.
The 10-year-old stayed on the line for about 17 minutes- and 11 minutes into the call, the sound of gunfire could be heard in the background.
'There is a lot of bodies,' 10-year-old Khloie Torres (pictured with her parents) told a 911 dispatcher 12:10 pm on the day of the Texas school shooting
Teacher Irma Garcia (pictured) struggled to find the keys to the door and by the time she found the right key 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos was outside the door
Khloie said her fourth grade classroom in Room 112 were watching a movie when her teacher, Irma Garcia, told the class to go into lockdown- turning off the movie and rushing to lock the classroom door, the Times reported.
But Garcia struggled to find the keys to the door and by the time she found the right key 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos was outside the door.
'He grabbed the door, and he opened it,' Khloie said.
As Khloie and her classmates hid under tables she said she heard Ramos say 'you'll die' and fire his gun while Garcia tried to protect her students.
The 10-year-old said she also heard Ramos say 'good night' before shooting at her classmates.
When one student who was struck shouted out 'I'm shot' he caught Ramos's attention, who returned to the wounded child and shot them dead, Khloie told the Times.
As Ramos moved between the adjoining classrooms Khloie said she took the chance to call out quietly: 'Is anybody OK? Is anybody hurt?' to which one classmate responded: 'Yeah'
Khloie's 911 call is another piece of evidence that proves if police had acted more swiftly lives could have been saved
The school district's police force continues to face scrutiny for their handling of the shooting
During a bombshell presser in the wake of the shooting, Texas Department of Public Safety head Steven McCraw slammed Chief Pete Arredondo for failing to engage Ramos
'Just be quiet, so he doesn't come back in here,' Khloie said she replied.
She said one of her other classmates asked for help getting Ms. Garcia's body off her.
The 10-year-old's call came 37 minutes after Ramos entered the campus and an entire 40 minutes before authorities swooped in and shot and killed the gunman.
Her 911 call is another piece of evidence that proves if police had acted more swiftly lives could have been saved.
'I don't understand why somebody did not go in,' Khloie's mother Jamie Torres told the Times.
Torres said although there would have been casualties 'it would have been way less than 21'
During a bombshell presser in the wake of the shooting, Texas Department of Public Safety head Steven McCraw slammed Chief Pete Arredondo for failing to engage Ramos, mistakenly believing the teen had finished his killing spree and was hiding out from cops.
'With the benefit of hindsight, from where I'm sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. It was the wrong decision, period,' McCraw said.
The assertion from the state safety official comes as the the
