A Uvalde mom who says she was handcuffed by law enforcement while trying to rescue her sons from the school shooting claims that she was warned not to speak to the media.
Angeli Gomez, a farmworker in Uvalde, spoke to CBS News on Thursday about how she was able to rush into Robb Elementary School and save her kids even though law enforcement tried to stop her.
When she first heard about the shooting, Gomez had just returned to work after her children's graduation ceremony. She went back to the school but said she couldn't enter.
As soon as I parked my car, US marshals came towards my car and said I wasn't allowed to be there. I told him that he was going to have to arrest me because I was going in there.
The US marshals handcuffed her to stop her from going to the school.
I told the officer that I didn't need his protection. Leave me. I don't need you to protect me. She told CBS News that she needed you to protect her children.
The US marshals denied handcuffing parents, telling WSJ that their deputy marshals "maintained order and peace in the midst of the grief- stricken community that was gathering around the school."
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