“A girl was covered in blood from head to toe. I thought she was hurt, I asked her what was going on. She told me she was fine, she was hysterical, she said she shot her best friend, they killed her. her best friend, she wasn’t breathing, “Garza told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday.
“I asked the little girl’s name and … she said Amerie,” he said, lowering his head and crying.
Medical Assistant Angel Garza learned that her daughter had been killed by a shell-hit survivor. (CNN) Amerie Jo Garza was trying to call 911 when he was shot. (Supplied)
A gunman barricaded himself inside a fourth-grade classroom, killing 19 children and two teachers.
Garza was scared when she went to school, but she didn’t know her daughter’s whereabouts.
The father of one of the children killed in Tuesday’s shooting at school has identified his daughter as 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza. (Angel Garza) Dora Mendoza, grandmother of the victim Amerie Jo Garza, wipes the tears from her eyes as she pays tribute to her granddaughter. (AP)
Amerie had done 10 about two weeks before the attack. His family celebrated his birthday with dinner and gave him a cell phone, the first. His comrades told Garza that he was trying to call 911 by phone during the attack.
“I’ve wanted a phone for so long and we finally got it. I was just trying to call the authorities, and I guess I just shot him,” Garza said, taking a picture of Amerie taken when he made the picture. honor the school.
Heron told his agonizing story between sobs as Cooper listened and put his left hand on his shoulder.
Amerie Garza had just done the honor roll. Two weeks ago he celebrated his 10th birthday. (CNN)
“How do you look at this girl and shoot her?” Garza continued to hug the photo.
“Oh, my baby. How do you shoot my baby?”
His little brother keeps asking where he is.
Garza described her daughter as a sweet, creative child who listened to her parents and never had any problems at school.
Amerie was afraid of strangers, and hurried to lock the door when her father went out to get gas.
Believe in the names of the victims of Tuesday’s shooting outside Robb Elementary School. (AP)
“This is literally his worst fear,” Garza said.
She was the older sister of a three-year-old brother who has been asking for her every morning and doesn’t quite understand why he will never see her again.
“We have informed her that her sister is now with God. And that she will no longer be with us,” Garza said.
“He just cried … he’s three years old. That’s emotional for him to even prosecute.”
Hours after the shooting, Garza posted a message on Facebook for her little one.
“My little love is now flying high with the angels above. Please don’t take a second for granted. Hug your family. Tell them you love them,” he wrote.
“I love you Amerie I. Take care of your little brother for me.”
Garza wants people to remember his daughter as a sweet child
Robb Elementary students celebrated the last week of school with themed costume days.
Tuesday’s theme was “Footloose and Fancy,” and teachers encouraged the children to come dressed in beautiful costumes and wear fun shoes.
But what started out as a fun day has abruptly turned into a terrifying carnage.
The 18-year-old shooter was in a confrontation with authorities for about half an hour before officers entered the classroom and killed him, said U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales, whose district includes Uvalde.
It was the deadliest shooting at a K-12 school in the United States since 2012, when 26 children and adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut.
Garza said he wants people to remember Amerie as a good kid who tried to do the right thing to the end.
“I was just trying to call the police, that’s all,” he said.
“I just want people to know that he died trying to save his comrades. I just wanted to save everyone.”