A bullet fired by Texas mass shooter Salvador Ramos ripped through the cap of the hero Customs and Border Protection agent who killed him – and left a gruesome wound on his scalp, shocking images show.
The agent — a member of the CBP’s elite Border Patrol Tactical Unit, or BORTAC — was wearing the cap when he rushed into Robb Elementary School amid the rampage, Fox News reported.
A photo obtained by the outlet shows a long rip along the mesh section atop the black-and-white cap he was wearing as the bullet grazed his head.
A separate, graphic image obtained by the Washington Examiner reveals five staples holding both sides of the bloody gash — showing he was a hair’s breadth away from losing his life.
The officer had exchanged rounds with Ramos, who was barricaded inside a fourth-grade classroom, but the agent managed to kill the gunman before he could commit more carnage.
The agent — part of CBP’s Del Rio sector, which covers Uvalde — was trained in a manner similar to US special forces.
BORTAC agents are taught to handle terror threats abroad and other chaos, such as riots at ICE detention facilities, NBC reported.
“U.S. Border Patrol Agents responded to a law enforcement request for assistance re an active shooter situation inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Upon entering the building, agents & other law enforcement officers faced gun fire from the subject, who was barricaded inside,” Marsha Espinosa, the Department of Homeland Security’s assistant secretary of public affairs, said in a tweet on Tuesday.
“Risking their own lives, these Border Patrol Agents and other officers put themselves between the shooter and children on the scene to draw the shooter’s attention away from potential victims and save lives,” she added.
