Teacher Who Survived Uvalde Shooting Slams Police Response, Calls Them 'Cowards'

A teacher who survived Uvalde shooting with multiple gunshot wounds has come forward criticizing the police response to the incident.

Arnulfo Reyes, a teacher at Robb Elementary School who lost all 11 children in his classroom to the tragic shooting, accused the responding officers were "cowards" and did not act fast to tackle the active shooter who took the lives of 19 children and two teachers on May 24, ABC News reported.

According to reports, the gunman Salvador Ramos entered the school at about 11:30 a.m. and opened fire. Although the police officers gathered in the school hallway just after noon, they waited for most of an hour before they took down the shooter at 12:50 p.m., Reyes said.

After firing in an adjoining classroom, Ramos entered Reyes' classroom while his students were watching a movie. Reyes asked the children to get under a table and act as if they were asleep. However, the shooter continued the killing spree, slaughtering all the students and shooting at Reyes twice.

"After everything, I get more angry [sic.] because you [Police] have a bulletproof vest — I had nothing," Reyes, who is still recovering at a hospital in San Antonio recollected. "I had nothing. You’re supposed to protect and serve. There is no excuse for their actions and I will never forgive them," the distressed teacher said, NY Post reported

"I’m sorry, I tried my best. Please don’t be angry with me," Reyes tearfully said. "I feel so bad for the parents because they lost a child...But they lost one child. I lost 11 that day, all at one time," he added.

Meanwhile, Reyes said he is determined to fight and bring gun reforms to ensure such horrific tragedies will not happen in schools. "The only thing that I know is that I won't let these children and my co-workers die in vain. I will go to the end of the world to make sure things get changed. If that's what I have to do for the rest of my life, I will do it," Reyes said.