A Uvalde mother said she was handcuffed and nearly arrested while imploring law enforcement to enter Robb Elementary School during Tuesdays shooting, the Wall Street Journal reported .

Angeli Rose Gomez told the newspaper she and many other parents were waiting outside the Texas school, encouraging law enforcement to act, as a gunman raged inside. As her calls grew more urgent, she said, U.S. Marshals handcuffed her and told her she was being arrested for intervening in an active investigation.

She persuaded local Uvalde police officers she knew to free her, before jumping the school fence, running inside to grab her two children and sprinting out with them.

The police were doing nothing, Gomez said. They were just standing outside the fence. They werent going in there or running anywhere.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshals told HuffPost in a statement its deputy marshals never arrested or placed anyone in handcuffs while securing the crime scene perimeter.

Our deputy marshals maintained order and peace in the midst of the grief-stricken community that was gathering around the school, the statement said. Our hearts are heavy with sorrow and sadness at this horrific crime. We send our condolences to all the victims and families affected by this awful tragedy.