Fourteen students and one teacher were killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, Governor Abbott announced.
A spokesman for the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office told National Review that a single gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, had entered the school and began firing. Ramos was a student at Uvalde High School, who had killed his grandmother before the incident.
Ramos was killed by police during the incident. Two officers were injured in an exchange of gunfire but were reported to have survived. Ramos’s motive, and the weapons he used, have not yet been identified.
Texas Governor Greg Abbot announced that 14 students and one teacher were killed. Earlier, Uvalde Memorial Hospital Emergency Room had confirmed to National Review that two children were deceased on arrival. It also confirmed via Facebook that some students were transported via school buses. The teacher and one student had been airlifted to University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.
Abbot also confirmed that the suspect was a U.S. citizen, to dispel rumors that he was an immigrant. Uvalde is located within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Multiple eyewitnesses near the scene first told National Review that the shooter was initially custody, which was confirmed by both the Sheriff's Office and Uvalde Police Department. The FBI, ATF, U.S. Border Patrol, and other state-level law enforcement were present at the scene.
Videos posted to social media showed adults and children running out of the school, with an enrollment of 600 students. Others, identified as parents, were seen running towards the school before police barricades were set up.
A businessowner close to the school first told National Review that a number of students had been evacuated by police to the nearby Civic Center, which is under police protection until the situation is controlled. Parents are being asked to avoid the area for their safety and pick up their children from the Center at the normal time of closing.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated with further information.
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