19 Students and 2 Adults, Killed by Gunman, at Texas Elementary School.
On May 24, an 18-year-old gunman fatally shot 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
CNN reports that the shooter, identified by Texas officials as Salvador Ramos, was killed by law enforcement officers at the scene.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt.
Erick Estrada, Ramos shot his grandmother before crashing a vehicle near the school.
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According to Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt.
Erick Estrada, Ramos shot his grandmother before crashing a vehicle near the school.
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The suspect did crash near a ditch nearby the school.
That’s where he exited his vehicle with what I believe was a rifle and that’s when he attempted to enter the school where he was engaged by law enforcement, Sgt.
Erick Estrada, Texas Department of Public Safety, via CNN.
The suspect did crash near a ditch nearby the school.
That’s where he exited his vehicle with what I believe was a rifle and that’s when he attempted to enter the school where he was engaged by law enforcement, Sgt.
Erick Estrada, Texas Department of Public Safety, via CNN.
Estrada told CNN that Ramos was equipped with body armor, a backpack and a rifle.
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A spokesman for Uvalde Memorial Hospital said that 13 children and a man in his 40s were being treated for injuries.
President Joe Biden ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff until May 28 to honor victims of this “senseless act of violence.”.
Fox News reports that the tragic shooting in Texas marks at least the 30th school shooting of 2022.
The other shootings have resulted in at least 10 deaths and 51 injuries.
The May 24 school shooting is the deadliest since the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut in 2012.
The May 24 school shooting is the deadliest since the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut in 2012
