Angeli Gomez, whose children were inside Robb Elementary School at the time of a deadly shooting, was threatened with legal repercussions if she continued to speak to reporters about the incident. The threat was reportedly made by an unidentified law enforcement official.

Gomez told CBS News that she was forced to rescue her children from the school after she witnessed a botched response from police officials at the scene. More than 20 people were killed by 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos that day.

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The police officer reportedly threatened Gomez with a charge of “obstruction of justice”, Newsweek reported. Gomez later spoke to a Texas judge who clarified that she would face no legal backlash for sharing her story with the media.

While speaking about the response from law enforcement officials on the day of the shooting, Gomez said officers were more worried about the parents outside the school than the children inside.

She was also handcuffed outside the school by a US Marshal for being “uncooperative.” To this, Gomez replied, “You’re going to have to arrest me because I’m going in there. Y’all are standing with snipers and y’all are far away. If y’all don’t go in there, I’m going in there”, Newsweek reported.

The gunman in Uvalde, Salvador Ramos, spent roughly 80 minutes inside the school before law enforcement officers killed him, according to an official timeline.

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Since the shooting, law enforcement and state officials have struggled to present an accurate account of how police responded, sometimes providing conflicting information or withdrawing some statements hours later.

In an apparent breakdown in communications, the commander overseeing police at the scene, school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo, was never informed that children were calling 911 from inside the school, Texas state Senator Roland Gutierrez said Thursday.