SouthAussie
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If there was an active shooter "in the area" the students would not have been moved to another location. They would have been in a shelter-in-place/lockdown mode. Seems there are many unanswered questions and unresolved issues at the moment, which continue to change from moment to moment.
There was initially a shooter in the area when he first emerged from the crashed truck and was not yet inside the building. Perhaps that was how the first warning was perceived. Did no one see him running for the school? And check to be sure all doors and windows were secure? Horrible to feel secure in your building only to have an armed intruder come barging into your classroom.
He entered the building by an unlocked door. How about the classroom? Did he shoot his way in or was that also unlocked? Sadly, we teachers do become complacent at times.
In the high school where I teach, we cannot even leave our classroom doors propped open. If, in fact we do for even a moment, the SO's pass by and close them. Doors are always locked as well.
I suspect the classroom door was not locked. Only because I read an account from a teacher in another classroom who said that she rushed to lock their classroom door when she heard the shooting start.
She said she heard the unmistakable sound of gunshots erupt as her students were watching a Disney movie Tuesday to celebrate the last week of class when she heard gunfire erupt down the hall.
The teacher quickly shouted for her students to hide under their desks and sprinted to lock the classroom door.
Robb Elementary School teacher recalls moment she heard gunfire in nearby class
A Robb Elementary School teacher recalled the harrowing moment she heard the sound of gunfire ricochet down the hall when 18-year-old Salvador Ramos allegedly began his rampage.
nypost.com