Uvalde parent whose child survived massacre reacts to horror of shooting
'Chaos' followed Uvalde shooting, parent of Robb Elementary student who survived says
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Uvalde parent whose 8-year-old son survived Tuesday's shooting shared his feelings about the massacre that killed 19 students and two teachers.
"Yesterday, I was just full of emotions," Guadelupe Leija told Fox News. "It's heartbreaking. My heart goes out all the families that lost a loved one."
"I mean, they're kids," he continued. "They're babies."
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Authorities said 18-year-old Salvador Ramos shot his grandmother before entering Robb Elementary School. He barricaded himself in a fourth-grade classroom and shot at teachers and students before a border patrol agent shot killed the suspect, according to officials.
Law enforcement surround Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday morning. (Fox News Digital/Lisa Bennatan)
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Leija said his son, Samuel, is a second-grader at Robb Elementary.
"I got a call from my wife that the shool was on lockdown," Leija told Fox News. "I drove up here, and it was a lot of chaos going on."
Families gathered at the Uvalde Civic Center on Tuesday after the shooting at Robb Elementary School. (Fox News Digital/Lisa Bennatan)
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Eventually, Leija's wife was able to pick up their son from the nearby Uvalade Civic Center after the school was evacuated.
Guadelupe Leija, a parent of an 8-year-old Robb Elementary School student, shares his response to the Uvalde shooting. (Fox News Digital/Lisa Bennatan)
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Leija said many students likely didn't know what was going on.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"We were watching the news, and then suddenly they were talking about this incident," he told Fox News. His son asked: "When did that happen?"