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Huge trove of Uvalde massacre documents FINALLY released, including harrowing distress calls from children and revelations from shooter's family

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Recently released documents revealed harrowing 911 calls and other police communications related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.

Calls from a fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde, Texas, along with body camera footage and surveillance video, were included in a comprehensive city government news release Saturday following a lengthy legal battle.

The massacre, in which 19 students and two teachers died, was one of the worst school shootings in US history.

One of the survivors, Khloie Torres, made a series of emergency calls pleading for help, whispering into the phone that there were “many” bodies.

“Please, I don't want to die. My teacher is dead. Oh, my God,” Torres said.

Newly released documents revealed harrowing 911 calls and other police communications from the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting

One of the survivors, Khloie Torres (pictured), pleaded for help in a series of emergency calls, whispering into the phone that there were “many” bodies

One of the survivors, Khloie Torres (pictured), pleaded for help in a series of emergency calls, whispering into the phone that there were “many” bodies

The dispatcher asks the 10-year-old girl if there are many people in the room.

“No, it's just me and a few friends. A lot of people are,” she said, pausing briefly, “gone.”

Shortly before arriving at the school, 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos shot and injured his grandmother in her home. He then took a pickup truck from his house and drove to the school.

Ramos' distraught uncle made several emergency calls, begging to be put through so he could persuade his nephew to stop shooting.

“He listens to everything I tell him,” said Armando Ramos. “Maybe he could resign or do something to turn himself in,” he added, his voice breaking.

Shortly before 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos reached the school, he shot and injured his grandmother in her home.

Shortly before 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos reached the school, he shot and injured his grandmother in her home.

Ramos' distraught uncle called 911 several times, begging to be put through so he could try to get his nephew to stop shooting

Ramos' distraught uncle called 911 several times, begging to be put through so he could try to get his nephew to stop shooting

He said his nephew, who had been at his house the night before, stayed in his bedroom all night and told him he was upset because his grandmother was “annoying” him.

“Oh my God, please, please don't do anything stupid,” the man on the phone said. “I think he's shooting children.”

Ramos entered the school at 11:33 a.m. He first opened fire from the hallway and then entered two adjacent fourth-grade classrooms.

The first police officers arrived at the school a few minutes later. They approached the classrooms but then retreated when Ramos opened fire.

At 12:06 p.m., much of Uvalde Police radio traffic was still focused on establishing a perimeter around the school and controlling traffic in the area, as well as handling the logistics of tracking down those who had safely evacuated the building.

They had trouble setting up a command post, one officer tells his colleagues, “because we need the bodies to keep the parents out.”

At 12:16 p.m., an agent with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the state's law enforcement agency, called police and told them that a SWAT team was on the way from Austin, about 160 miles away.

“Do you have a command post? Or where should our officers go?” asked the caller.

The police spokesman replied that the officers were aware that there were several dead students in the elementary school and that others were still in hiding.

Some of the 911 calls released were from frightened teachers. One described “lots and lots of gunshots,” while another sobbed into the phone as a dispatcher urged her to stay calm. “Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!” the first teacher shouted before hanging up.