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The 18-year-old suspect, a student at Uvalde High School, is also dead, Gov. Greg Abbott said. Abbott said the suspect"shot and killed horrifically and incomprehensibly" more than a dozen students and a teacher.
The shooting took place as soon as the suspect entered the school and all of the victims at the school died"in the same location inside the school," authorities told ABC News. He was quickly confronted by law enforcement. The suspect also allegedly shot and killed his grandmother before entering the school and again opening fire.More News Videos Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirms at least 14 students at an elementary school were killed when a gunman gained entry on campus. The shooter was identified by law enforcement sources and the governor as Salvador Ramos. Authorities have recovered an AR-15-style rifle and numerous magazines, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. This photo shows 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, identified by law enforcement sources as the Robb Elementary School shooting suspect. "When parents drop their kids off at school, they have every expectation to know that they're going to be able to pick their child up when that school day ends. And there are families who are in mourning right now," Abbott said."The state of Texas is in mourning with them for the reality that these parents are not going to be able to pick up their children." Two responding police officers were among those injured, Abbott said. They are expected to survive, he said.More News Videos Brandon Elrod told ABC News that he was searching for his 10-year-old daughter after the Uvalde school shooting and feared that "she may not be alive." ABC News confirmed that fourth-grade teacher Eva Mireles was among those killed. Mireles worked in the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District for 17 years, her aunt, Lydia Martinez Delgado, said in a statement. "This is my hometown, a small community of less then 20,000. I never imagined this would happen to especially to loved ones," Delgado said.Fourth-grade teacher Eva Mireles was killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.Uvalde Memorial Hospital had said 15 students were being treated in the hospital's emergency department in the wake of the incident. Two patients were transferred to San Antonio for treatment, while a third was pending transfer, the hospital said. A 45-year-old was also hospitalized after getting grazed by a bullet, the hospital said.it had two patients from the shooting incident -- a 66-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl -- both in critical condition. Two adult victims of the school shooting are being treated at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, according to anABC News special report: 14 students, 1 teacher dead after shooting at Texas elementary schoolA number of the shooting victims are children of Customs and Border Patrol agents, law enforcement sources told ABC News.Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin did not confirm casualties, but told ABC News in a text message that"this is a very bad situation." He said the office is trying to contact parents before releasing any information. Earlier, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District had said a shooter was located at Robb Elementary School and asked people to stay away from the area. "There is an active shooter at Robb Elementary," the school district said on Twitter."Law enforcement is on site. Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus. As soon as more information is gathered it will be shared." There is an active shooter at Robb Elementary. Law enforcement is on site. Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting the campus. As soon as more information is gathered it will be shared.A school official initially told ABC News that the shooting took place off campus, and that Robb Elementary School was under lockdown. Bystander Isaias Melendez said he witnessed students evacuating a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.The school, which has students in the second, third and fourth grades,shortly after 2 p.m. that students had been transported to the Sgt. Willie Deleon Civic Center, the reunification site, and could be picked up. Parent Ryan Ramirez told San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT he had gone to the civic center and the elementary school trying to find his fourth grade daughter in the wake of the shooting.VIDEO:
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