Parents and bystanders urged police to charge into Texas school

The gunman “barricaded himself by locking the door and just started shooting children and teachers that were inside that classroom”

Joseph Avila, left, prays while holding flowers honoring the victims killed in Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Desperation turned to heart-wrenching sorrow for families of grade schoolers killed after an 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself in their Texas classroom and began shooting, killing at least 19 fourth-graders and their two teachers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas primary school where a gunman’s rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said.

It comes as as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old assailant was killed by a Border Patrol team.