“When they arrived there were too many wounded for them to handle,” so he kept applying tourniquets and compression bandages to aid the wounded.īarnwell said the reason he agreed to interviews was to share that he wanted people to “understand the depths of the depravity that occurred.” “Please fight and be there for the family that you have,” Barnwell said he told the woman.īarnwell continued to do what he could until ambulances arrived.
He returned to her mother, who had atrocious bullet wounds. Barnwell began CPR on the child when he said a “vile amount of blood came out" from the girl's back and he realized the child was dead. And below him was a deceased woman, that I later found out was his wife, and then he had a young child with him - maybe 5 or 6 years old - that was just drenched in blood."īarnwell said he went to tend to a woman who was injured and she asked him to take care of her daughter.
At the foot of that young lady was a pile, with a man on top, who was again writhing in pain with what appeared to be a shoulder or chest wound. She had the head of a young lady draped on her left shoulder facing downward, who also appeared to have multiple, very traumatic injuries and gunshot wounds. Next to her was an adult woman who had multiple vicious gunshot wounds. Her state was unknown but did not look promising. There was a young child – my guess at the time was between 6 and 8 years old – that was lying there. He had what appeared to be a shoulder wound. Then I turned my gaze toward the left, and I noticed a gentleman there who was writhing in pain. That’s how many people have died in 118 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as an event that killed or injured four or more people, not including the shooter."I noticed in front of it was a woman who had collapsed on top of herself and had perished there. Congressional Democrats also proposed an assault weapons ban, though it lacked enough votes to pass the then-GOP-led Senate, following near unanimous opposition from Republicans, who argued the legislation would take weapons away from Americans who own them for self-defense purposes. Last June, Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, one of its strictest gun control measures in decades, which enhanced background checks for people under 21 years old and provided funding for states to create red flag laws, which prevent people believed to be a risk to themselves or others from purchasing guns. Abbott called the law-which includes exceptions for airports, courts, polling stations, schools, hospitals, nursing homes, amusement parks and businesses that explicitly prohibit handguns-the “biggest and best” gun law of that legislative session. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) signed a law allowing permitless carry, enabling most adults to carry a handgun in a holster-either concealed or openly-in most locations without a permit. Despite the high number of shootings, however, lawmakers in Texas have loosened gun laws in recent years.
Shootings at Texas schools since 2013 have resulted in 58 deaths and 80 injuries, according to data from Everytown. The shooting in Arlington comes nearly a year after 19 students and two teachers were fatally shot at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in one of the largest school shootings in U.S.
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