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Texas gunman, 18, shoots dead 14 elementary schoolkids, one teacher, and seriously injures 13 – including his grandmother: Worst elementary school massacre since Sandy Hook in 2012
- Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that 14 students and one teacher were killed in the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde
- Abbott said that the gunman was 18-year-old Salvador Roma – but the name was later clarified as Salvador Ramos
- Ramos was shot and killed during the shooting at Robb Elementary School: he is believed to have been killed by law enforcement officers
- Ramos shot his grandmother before heading to the school, and was in a shootout with border patrol agents before barricading himself inside the school buildings
- Uvalde Memorial Hospital confirmed that two children were brought in dead on arrival and that they were treating many more
- The district said that the city’s civic center will be used as a reunification center and that parents will be able to pick up their children there
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Fourteen children and a teacher have been killed at a Texas elementary school by an 18-year-old gunman who was then shot dead by cops.
Governor Greg Abbott named 18-year-old Salvador Roma, a student at Uvalde High School, as the gunman who allegedly shot and killed 14 Robb elementary school students and one teacher on Tuesday afternoon.
‘He shot and killed horrifically and incomprehensibly 14 students and killed a teacher,’ Abbott said at a press briefing.
Additionally, thirteen children are being treated at the Uvalde Memorial emergency room as well as a 45-year-old man who suffered a ‘graze.’
University Health San Antonio also confirmed they received a child whose condition is currently unknown and a 66-year-old woman who is critical condition.
Roma, equipped with a handgun and possibly a rifle, allegedly shot his grandmother, whose condition is not yet known, before entering the school and opening fire, Abbott said.
Photos show a pickup truck that crashed outside the school, which according to Abbott, Roma abandoned before entering the school.
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One video at the scene appears to show the suspected gunman approach the school while what sounds like gunfire is going off in the background
A woman cries while speaking on the phone outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School to be picked up following the shooting at Robb elementary school
A board with the list of classes and teachers is displayed outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center where students were transported to
FBI agents arrive at Robb Elementary School following Tuesday’s shooting at Robb elementary school
State police arrive at the scene of the suspected shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday
New video from the chaotic scene shows police arriving to the scene with their guns in hand
Footage shot outside the school shows law enforcement approaching the elementary school with weapons
The Uvalde elementary school, which has 600 students enrolled, is located 60 miles east of the Mexican border and 80 miles west of San Antonio
The 18-year-old engaged in a firefight with border patrol and then ran into the school and barricaded himself, police said.
Police initially reported he was arrested before confirming he died.
Concerned parents were captured at the scene desperately searching for their children and video from the chaotic scene showed police arriving to the school campus with their guns in hand.
One widely shared video appears to show the suspected gunman approach the school while what sounds like gunfire is going off in the background.
‘There is an active shooter at Robb Elementary. Law enforcement is on site,’ The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District said. ‘Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus. As soon as more information is gathered it will be shared.’
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told Fox News that shots were fired offsite and that after shooting one person the gunman ran to the school where he remained barricaded.
The Uvalde elementary school, which has 600 students enrolled, is located 60 miles east of the Mexican border and 80 miles west of San Antonio.
The district said that the city’s civic center will be used as a reunification center and that parents will be able to pick up their children there once everyone is accounted for.
Law enforcement crowds the entrance of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where a gunman allegedly injured multiple students
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told Fox News that shots were fired offsite and that after shooting one person the gunman ran to the school where he remained barricaded
Police have not confirmed any injuries or fatalities but Uvalde Memorial Hospital said they were ‘currently caring for several students in the ER’
A gunman was on the run at Robb Elementary School (pictured) in Uvalde as the campus and all other schools in the district went into lockdown
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District said: ‘There is an active shooter at Robb Elementary. Law enforcement is on site’
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