UVALDE, Texas — An elementary school teacher wounded in the second-most deadly school shooting in U.S. history in Uvalde, Texas, described the chilling moments he first encountered a gunman who would take the lives of 19 students and two teachers.
Arnulfo Reyes was watching a movie with 11 of his students when he heard the deadly shots ringing out, he told ABC News anchor Amy Robach for an interview airing Tuesday on"Good Morning America," as he recovered from two gunshot wounds at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
"I don't know what's going on, but let's go ahead and get under the table," Reyes said he told the students."Get under the table and act like you're asleep." Reyes then heard police officers outside the classroom as a child in the next room called for help, he said, adding that he believes the officers had walked away at that point, having not heard the pleas.
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