Fourteen students and one teacher have been killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The gunman, an 18-year-old from the small city, is also dead, authorities said. Here's what we know so far:
Law enforcement personnel walk outside Uvalde High School after shooting a was reported earlier in the day at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022.Updated: May 24, 2022 5:50 PM EDT | Originally published: May 24, 2022 5:46 PM EDTourteen students and one teacher have been killed in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. The gunman, an 18-year-old from the small city, is also dead, authorities said.
“He shot and killed, horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 students, and killed a teacher,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a press conference, hours after the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District reported an active shooter at Robb Elementary School. The suspected gunman entered the elementary school about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday with a handgun and possibly a rifle, and is believed to have been killed by law enforcement officers who responded to the scene, Abbott said.
A child gets on a school bus as law enforcement personnel guard the scene of a suspected shooting near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022.
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