Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony and members of the Broward Sheriff’s Office command staff are holding a news conference Wednesday to address the school massacre in Texas and announce additional security measures that they will take to protect children, teachers and schools throughout the county.
Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright will also be present.
According to a public safety official, the 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers Tuesday at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way.”
Police and others responding to Tuesday’s attack broke windows at the school in an effort to allow students and teachers inside to escape, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today.”
Olivarez told CNN that all victims were in the same fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School.
Eventually, the shooter was killed by law enforcement.
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Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright will also be present.
According to a public safety official, the 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers Tuesday at a Texas elementary school barricaded himself inside a classroom, “shooting anyone that was in his way.”
Police and others responding to Tuesday’s attack broke windows at the school in an effort to allow students and teachers inside to escape, Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today.”
Olivarez told CNN that all victims were in the same fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School.
Eventually, the shooter was killed by law enforcement.
Continue reading...