An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 18 children and, officials said, and the gunman was dead.
The death toll also included three adults, according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who said he was briefed by state police on the fatalities. But it was not immediately clear whether that number included the assailant.
Federal law enforcement officials said the death toll was expected to rise. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release investigative details.
It is being reported that the shooter went into several classrooms..
Eve Mireles, a fourth grade teacher, was identified by her family as being the staff member shot dead. She had worked in education for 17 years.
Governor Greg Abbott named Salvador Roma, a student at Uvalde High School, as the gunman who opened fire at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday morning.
The name was later clarified to Salvador Ramos, who was born in North Dakota but lived in Uvalde. ..
The state senator also confirmed that Ramos shot his grandmother before heading to the elementary school, but that she is "still hanging on."
Suspect crashed his car near a ditch near the school... authorities say that he excited the car with a rifle..
The death toll also included three adults, according to state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, who said he was briefed by state police on the fatalities. But it was not immediately clear whether that number included the assailant.
Federal law enforcement officials said the death toll was expected to rise. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release investigative details.
It is being reported that the shooter went into several classrooms..
Eve Mireles, a fourth grade teacher, was identified by her family as being the staff member shot dead. She had worked in education for 17 years.
Governor Greg Abbott named Salvador Roma, a student at Uvalde High School, as the gunman who opened fire at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday morning.
The name was later clarified to Salvador Ramos, who was born in North Dakota but lived in Uvalde. ..
The state senator also confirmed that Ramos shot his grandmother before heading to the elementary school, but that she is "still hanging on."
MORE..
Suspect crashed his car near a ditch near the school... authorities say that he excited the car with a rifle..
Officials say he was wearing body armor..
DEVELOPING..
BIDEN Speaks on shooting:
President Biden addressed the nation from the White House tonight, opening his remarks by saying, "I had hoped, when I became President, I would not have to do this, again."
He called today's mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, "another massacre" in the US.
"Beautiful, innocent, second, third, fourth graders. And how many scores of little children who witness what happened, see their friends die, as if they're on a battlefield for God's sake," Biden said.
The President said, "To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away." He said the feeling is "suffocating."
The President called on the nation to pray for the victims and "stand up to the gun lobby" in the wake of today's events.
"So tonight, I ask the nation to pray for them, to give the parents and siblings the strength in the darkness they feel now. As a nation, we have to ask when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God's name will we do what we all know in our gut needs to be done?"
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