New photos of a head wound suffered by the brave Border Patrol agent, who stormed Robb Elementary School and killed the 18-year-old gunman, as well as his bullet-ridden baseball hat have been released.
The agent was one of a number of on-and-off-duty law enforcement officers who rushed to the school during the incident.
While his name has not been made public, it’s been reported that he is the agent, or one of the agents who killed Salvador Ramos, 18.
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A Customs and Border Protection official said that members of BORTAC, the elite Border Patrol tactical team, exchanged gunfire with Ramos but that it was unclear which bullet from which gun inflicted the fatal wound.
Ramos was armed with an AR-15-style rifle. His attack on Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers dead.
Below are the rare photos of the unnamed heroic Border Patrol agent – a hole in the top of a baseball cap and a blurred image of a head wound that had been repaired with staples.
The word Hero is overused.
Not in this case. pic.twitter.com/5MRvxulJ03
— Alex Plitsas (@alexplitsas) May 27, 2022
— Alex Plitsas (@alexplitsas) May 27, 2022
— Alex Plitsas (@alexplitsas) May 27, 2022
I love absolutely everything about these photos of this unnamed American badass. When a monster entered that school in Texas and started unleashing his evil on those innocent people, most of the officers in the area did not attempt to breach the room.
This man reportedly entered the building with two other BORTAC agents, engaged the shooter while taking fire, took a bullet to the head, and still managed to kill the man.
NEW: This is the hat the elite, veteran BORTAC Border Patrol agent was wearing when he breached the classroom with a tactical team and engaged/killed the Uvalde school shooter, a CBP source tells me. Graze wound to head. Many BP agents in Uvalde have kids at the school. @FoxNews pic.twitter.com/924WCOZjsK
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 25, 2022
Seriously, look at the head wound and the staples holding it together, and tell me it’s not the most badass thing you’ve ever seen. Most people panic when they hear gunfire.
It takes a rare breed of man to grab his weapon while dressed like he’s on a fly fishing trip, rush into a building with an active shooter and engage the monster while pretty much everyone else stands by doing nothing.
Everyone wants to be a hero, but taking a shot to the head in such dire situations while putting rounds on target is the definition of a hero.
UPDATE: Multiple Fatalities Reported at Texas Elementary School after an Active Shooter Situation https://t.co/K7Cge8LlNI
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 25, 2022
While we do not know the heroic agent’s name, we know that he’s among the greatest heroes in modern America. In a crisis, he didn’t hesitate to get in the fight and it nearly cost him his life when he took a round to the head. An inch or two lower and he’d be dead.
Be damn grateful guys like this man exist. You don’t want to live in a world where nobody is willing to respond to the sound of gunfire.
In total, the three BORTAC agents were among 80 total Border Patrol agents who responded to the mass shooting.
BORTAC is headquartered in El Paso, Texas, explaining the presence of the agent from the unusual tactical unit.
Many of the agents live in Uvalde themselves.
Potentially dozens more children may have been killed if the BORTAC agent had not intervened, with the killer claiming the lives of 19 children and two teachers before he was stopped.
Source: DailyCaller