Texas School Shooting: Survivor, 9, Reveals What Shooter Said After Entering The Classroom

A nine-year-old survivor of Tuesday's shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, has detailed the shooter's horrific statements after storming a fourth-grade classroom.

An unnamed Robb Elementary School student told local news source Kens5 that he and his classmates hid under a tablecloth as the young gunman, Salvador Ramos, began his massacre.

"He shot the next person's door. We have a door in the middle. He opened it. He came in and he crouched a little bit and he said, he said, 'It’s time to die,’” the boy shared with the outlet.

The little boy and four others hid under a cloth-covered table while Ramos, 18, opened fire into the classroom, killing 19 students and two teachers. Seventeen others were injured.

“When I heard the shooting through the door, I told my friend to hide under something so he won‘t find us,” he said. “I was hiding hard. And I was telling my friend to not talk because he is going to hear us.”

When law enforcement came, they engaged in a gunfight with the assailant.

“When the cops came, the cop said: ‘Yell if you need help!’ And one of the persons in my class said 'help.' The guy overheard and he came in and shot her," the boy said. “The cop barged into that classroom. The guy shot at the cop. And the cops started shooting.”

He then recalled coming out from under the table once the shooting came to an end. “I just opened the curtain. And I just put my hand out,” he said. “I got out with my friend. I knew it was police. I saw the armor and the shield.”

He also alleged his teachers, Irma Garcia, 46, and Eva Mireles, 44, sacrificed themselves to protect their students.

'They were nice teachers,' he said. 'They went in front of my classmates to help. To save them.'

The little boy also issued a warning to other American families, saying: 'I would like to say to every kid and parent to be safe.'

The tragedy in the largely Latino village of Uvalde on Tuesday was the bloodiest school shooting in the United States since 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.

At 11:32 a.m., the 18-year-old gunman entered Robb Elementary School. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he was equipped with a handgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic weapon before "horrifically, incomprehensibly" opening fire.

On Tuesday morning, Ramos shot and wounded his grandmother at her home, then left. Neighbors called police when she staggered outside and they saw she had been shot in the face, Department of Public Safety spokesperson Travis Considine said.

Ramos then crashed his truck through a railing on the grounds at Robb Elementary School and an Uvalde school district officer exchanged fire with him and was wounded.

Authorities say it is unclear why the teen targeted the school. He had no criminal history or known mental illnesses.

“My heart is broken today,” said Hal Harrell, the school district superintendent, per The Guardian. “We’re a small community, and we’re going to need your prayers to get through this.”