Officer husband of murdered Uvalde teacher was detained and escorted out of the school

• He was detained after learning that his wife had been shot.
• Could he have saved the love of his life?
• Police officer Rubén Ruiz was escorted from the scene.

The police officer husband of a teacher who was murdered in the Uvalde school shooting was detained and escorted away from the scene. The heartbreaking stories of the victims of the shooting perpetrated by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos continue to move the entire country. And now even more disturbing information is coming out.

The police had enough personnel and firearms at the Uvalde school to stop the shooter three minutes after he entered the building, and they would have discovered that the door of the classroom wbere he was taking refuge wasn’t locked if they had even bothered to check it, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col. Steve McCraw said Tuesday. He described the police operation as an «abject failure.»

The truth about Eva Mireles’ husband

Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety also revealed that the husband of teacher Eva Mireles tried to save her, but he was stopped. Recently, it was revealed that Eva Mireles spent the last moments of her life talking to her husband, school district police officer Rubén Ruiz, on the phone.

Eva Mireles, a fourth-grade teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, spoke with her husband during the massacre, according to Uvalde County Judge Bill Mitchell. The official explained to the New York Times that the sheriff’s deputies were the ones who informed him of the call.

How they mistreated the husband of the slain teacher

According to KSAT, Colonel Steven McCraw revealed that Officer Rubén Ruiz was detained and escorted from the scene. “What happened to him is that he tried to move into the hallway… he was stopped and his gun was taken from him and he was escorted off the scene,” McCraw stated.

However, the high-ranking Texas official did not reveal who removed teacher Eva Mireles’ husband. Officer Steven McCraw had previously said that the officer «was outside listening to his wife» telling him «I’m dying.»

“She was in the classroom and he was outside. It’s terrifying.”

He also stated that he had no information on whether Officer Rubén Ruiz, husband of Eva Mireles, informed Commander Pedro «Pete» Arredondo of his wife’s situation. Arredondo decided not to enter the elementary school. “She was in the classroom and he was outside. It’s terrifying.”

Teacher Eva Mireles who has been named a ‘heroine’ for protecting her students did not die alone. According to the testimony of Juan Maldonado, a DPS agent who entered the Uvalde elementary school after the massacre, the teacher died protecting her students.

“She protected her students”

“She protected her students… She’s a hero to everyone, and she’s a hero to the family and to Uvalde,” the officer told Uvalde CNN affiliate KSAT. He also said, «It was an honor to spend the last moment with Eva as she left this Earth for a better place.»

Mireles was concluding her 17th year of teaching. A note in honor of Mireles said that she «dedicated herself to her wonderful family and incredible students.» She enjoyed Crossfit, hiking, and spending time with her dog Kane. «Her smile and her personality never went unnoticed when you were around her, it was never a dull moment,» the obituary said. Filed Under: Husband Eva Mireles Uvalde

«I don’t care if you’re wearing flip-flops and shorts, you have to go in»

One of her relatives, Amber Ybarra, 34, of San Antonio, said Mireles was a loving mother and wife. “She was adventurous… she is definitely going to be greatly missed,” she pointed out. Mireles expressed her enthusiasm in a post on the school’s website at the beginning of the school year.

«I don’t care if you’re wearing flip-flops and shorts, you have to go in,» McCraw said during a hearing in the state Senate. According to McCraw, the classroom door was not lockable from the inside, and he said a teacher reported before the shooting that the lock was broken. Filed Under: Husband Eva Mireles Uvalde