Pres. Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas, to grieve with the community after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a school shooting there last week.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 29, 2022.President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to grieve with the community after 19 children and two teachers were killedThe Bidens first paid their respects at the memorial site at Robb Elementary School before attending mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Jill Biden was seen touching the photos of the children at the site, filled with flowers and white crosses in honor of each of the victims. Joining the president and first lady on the visit were Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Uvalde County Independent School District Independent Superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell and Robb Elementary School Principal Mandy Gutierrez.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pay their respects at a makeshift memorial outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 29, 2022.They will then Robb Elementary School before attending mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church before visiting with survivors, families of the victims and first responders, according to the White House.
Twenty-one people, including 19 third- and fourth-graders, were killed Tuesday after an 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, used an assault-style rifle to open fire on two connected classrooms at Robb Elementary, according to authorities."I'd hoped, when I became president, I would not have to do this again," President Biden said on Tuesday as he addressed the nation following the shooting. "Another massacre. Uvalde, Texas. An elementary school.
Sunday's visit to Uvalde is the second trip the president has taken in two weeks to comfort a grief-stricken community following a mass shooting.
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