Kids to 911 during Texas school siege: 'Please send the police'

UVALDE

: Nearly 20 officers were in a hallway outside of the classrooms at a Texas elementary school for more than 45 minutes before agents used a master key to open a door and confront a gunman, authorities said Friday.

The on-site commander believed the gunman was barricaded in a classroom at

Robb Elementary School

in Uvalde during Tuesday's attack and that the children were not at risk, Texas Department of Public Safety Director

Steven McCraw

said at a news conference.

“Of course it was not the right decision. It was the wrong decision,” McCraw said.

Children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including one who pleaded: “Please send the police now.”

US Border Patrol agents eventually used a master key to open the locked door of the classroom where they confronted and killed the gunman, 18-year-old

Salvador Ramos

, McCraw said.