BREAKING: 14 students and a teacher are dead after an 18-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the governor says. The gunman is also dead.
The shooter -- identified by Texas officials as Salvador Ramos, of Uvalde -- also shot his grandmother before crashing a vehicle near the school, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada said.
She is in critical condition, he said.The gunman is believed to have acted alone, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo said.LIVE UPDATES ON THE SHOOTINGThe shooting was the deadliest at an elementary school since the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut in 2012 that left 26 people dead, including 20 children between 6 and 7 years old.Read MoreHere are the latest developments in Tuesday's tragedy: • Estrada told CNN's Anderson Cooper the gunman wrecked a vehicle while driving near the school after shooting his grandmother."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." • The gunman had body armor, the rifle and a backpack, Estrada said. The shooter made it into several classrooms, Estrada added. Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolPeople react outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students were transported after the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, May 24.Hide Caption 1 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolLaw enforcement personnel run near the scene of the shooting. US Customs and Border Protection, which is the largest law enforcement agency in the area, assisted with the response.Hide Caption 2 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolA Texas state trooper walks outside Robb Elementary School, where the shooting took place.Hide Caption 3 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolA woman reacts outside of the Civic Center in Uvalde.Hide Caption 4 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolA child gets on a school bus Tuesday under the watch of law enforcement. Robb Elementary teaches second through fourth grades and had 535 students in the 2020-21 school year, according to state data. About 90% of students are Hispanic and about 81% are economically disadvantaged, the data shows. Thursday was set to be the last day of school before the summer break.Hide Caption 5 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolPeople react outside the Civic Center. This marks at least the 30th shooting at a K-12 school in 2022.Hide Caption 6 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolLaw enforcement officials and other first responders gather outside the school following Tuesday's shooting. Hide Caption 7 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolA woman cries and hugs a young girl while on the phone outside the Civic Center in Uvalde.Hide Caption 8 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolAnother child gets on a bus to leave the school.Hide Caption 9 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolA woman cries as she leaves the Civic Center. Hide Caption 10 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolLaw enforcement officials stand outside the school following the shooting. The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting local police with the investigation.Hide Caption 11 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolPeople sit on the curb outside of the school as state troopers guard the area.Hide Caption 12 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolPolice walk near the school following the shooting.Hide Caption 13 of 14 Photos: Mass shooting at Texas elementary schoolA woman and a child leave the Uvalde Civic Center on Tuesday.Hide Caption 14 of 14 • US Customs and Border Protection, which is the largest law enforcement agency in the area due Uvalde's proximity to Mexico, had more than 20 agents respond to the shooting, according to a law enforcement official. A CBP agent was shot in the head, but is in stable condition after the bullet did not penetrate, the official said. • Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Marsha Espinosa tweeted agents and other law enforcement officers took fire from the shooter, who had barricaded himself."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 wrote. • President Joe Biden has ordered US flags on federal grounds to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Saturday to honor the victims of this"senseless acts of violence." • Uvalde Memorial Hospital spokesperson Tom Nordwick earlier said 13 children and a man in his 40s were being treated for injuries. University Hospital in San Antonio said in a tweet they received a child and an adult from the school shooting. The adult, a 66-year-old woman, is in critical condition, the hospital said in a tweet. • The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting local and state authorities with the investigation.30th shooting at a K-12 school this yearTuesday's incident marks at least the 30th shooting at a K-12 school in 2022. So far in 2022 there have been at least 39 shootings in K-12 schools, colleges and universities, resulting in at least 10 deaths and 51 injuries.The Texas shooting is the deadliest US school shooting since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018, when 17 people were killed. Biden calls for lawmakers to have a backbonePresident Biden addressed the shooting in emotional remarks from the White House Tuesday evening, saying,"I had hoped when I became President I would not have to do this again."ReplayMore Videos ...MUST WATCH Texas AG puts out statement after elementary school shooting 03:28"There's a lot we don't know yet. There's a lot we do know. Parents who will never see their child again, never have them jump in bed and cuddle with them. Parents who will never be the same. To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away," said Biden, who has before spoken in deeply personal terms about the family tragedies he has endured.Turning to the issue of gun control legislation, Biden implored lawmakers to"turn this pain into action" as he ticked through some of the mass shootings since the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, when he was vice president."Why do we keep letting this happen? Where in God's name our is backbone to have the courage to deal with and stand up to the lobbies?" he said.School was two days from summer breakRobb Elementary teaches second through fourth grades and had 535 students in the 2020-21 school year, according to state data. About 90% of students are Hispanic and about 81% are economically disadvantaged, the data shows. Thursday was set to be the last day of school before the summer break.The school district said it is canceling all school activities following the shooting.Uvalde County, located about 85 miles west of San Antonio, had a population of about 25,000 as of the 2020 Census.CNN's Christina Maxouris, Paul LeBlanc, Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz, Joe Sutton, Jennifer Henderson, Jamiel Lynch, Priscilla Alvarez and Joseph Bonheim contributed to this report.
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