Texas Elementary School Shooting: Live from Uvalde, Texas
Authorities say nineteen children and two adults were killed after an active shooter was reported at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The shooter also died, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
The gunman has been named Salvador Ramos, 18. Abbott said Ramos carried out the mass shooting alone before being shot dead by law enforcement.
Ramos was a student at Uvalde High School who lived in the small town 130 km (80 miles) west of San Antonio, according to Abbott.
President Biden told the nation it was time to “turn that pain into action” and change gun laws after the massacre.
“Why are we willing to live with this butchery?” he told the White House. “Where in the name of God is our backbone, have the courage to face it and stand up to the [gun] lobbies? “
The shooting forced the school to close. The students were taken to St Willie Delon Civic Center where they will be reunited with their parents.
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The teacher died in a shooting at the school identified as Eva Mireles
Eva Mireles, a 17-year-old teacher who taught fourth-graders at Robb Elementary, has been identified as one of two adults killed in the school shooting, with the confirmation of her aunt Lydia M Delgado.
She was “much loved,” an avid hiker, and “party fun,” Ms. Delgado told the New York Times.
“She was adventurous. I would definitely say these wonderful things about her. I will definitely miss her a lot,” said Amber Ybarra, a 44-year-old relative from San Antonio.
Ms. Ybarra was preparing to donate blood to the injured and thought how no one could detect possible problems with the shooter in time to stop him.
“For me, it’s more about raising awareness about mental health,” said Ms. Ybarra, a wellness coach who attended elementary school where the shooting took place. “Someone might have seen a dramatic change before something like this happened.”
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Texas’ deadliest school shooting
The tragedy at Uvalde Elementary School was the deadliest school shooting in Texas history and has been added to a serious story in the state, which has been the site of some of the deadliest shootings in the United States. United for the past five years.
In 2018, a gunman shot dead 10 people at Santa Fe High School in the Houston area.
A year earlier, a gunman in a Texas church killed more than two dozen people during a Sunday service in the small town of Sutherland Springs.
In 2019, another gunman at a Walmart in El Paso killed 23 people in a racist attack.
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Hollywood stars express ‘anger and pain’
Taylor Swift, Amy Schumer and Chris Evans were among the famous faces expressing “anger and pain” following a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.
They called for an end to the violence while criticizing the US government for lax weapons laws.
Sharing a video of Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr delivering an emotional message at a press conference before the NBA Western Conference Finals, Swift tweeted, “Full of rage and pain, and so broken by the murders in Uvalde. “
“For Buffalo, Laguna Woods and many others. For the ways in which we, as a nation, have conditioned ourselves to unfathomable and unbearable pain.
“Steve’s words sound so true and so profound.”
Oscar co-host Schumer said: “We are mourning the Uvalde community, a predominantly Latino community, and all others affected by another senseless act of violence in our schools.
“This is another tragic example of how widespread this public health crisis is in our country.”
While Evans wrote, “That’s enough!”
Oscar-winning producer Finneas also expressed anger at the situation, writing: “Anyone who says ‘now is not the time to talk about gun control’ doesn’t care that children are killed today.”
Posting on her Instagram story, reality star Kylie Jenner, who recently gave birth to her second child with rapper Travis Scott, said: “Another shooting at school. Devastating.
“It breaks my heart for these families.”
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Relatives worry and regret the primary school shooting
Relatives turned to social media in a desperate attempt to find the missing children, as the death toll in a Texas elementary school shooting rose to 19.
Adolfo Cruz, a 69-year-old air-conditioning repairman, was still out of school as the sun set, awaiting news of his 10-year-old great-granddaughter Elijah Cruz Torres, whose whereabouts remained unknown. for the family.
He drove to school after receiving a tearful call from his daughter about being fired from school.
While waiting outside the school, his family was in the hospital and civic center waiting to be informed of his condition.
Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, comforts people as they react outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students were transported from Robb Elementary School after a shooting in Uvalde, Texas. , USA on May 24, 2022.
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“I hope she’s alive,” she said, calling it the worst time of her life. “Waiting for an update”.
“It’s a shock to me. I also feel for all the other families. This is a small community. Uvalde has always been very kind. People are very kind,” he added.
Social media was flooded with photographs of smiling children as their families asked for information about them.
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Sarah Sanders calls for Texas shooting to boost Republican anti-abortion agenda
Sarah Sanders, who won the Republican nomination for governor of Arkansas on Tuesday, called the shooting dead of at least 19 children in a Texas elementary school a “crude and humiliating reminder of how precious life is.”
“Every life has a value and the most vulnerable among us should be those for whom we are fighting and protecting the most,” Ms Sanders said.
“I can assure you that in my administration, this is exactly what we will do. We will make sure that when a child is in the womb, he is as safe as in the classroom, in the workplace, in the nursing home, because every stage of life has value. “
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The NBA-Warriors coach calls for gun control
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr called for tighter gun control after the Texas school shooting.
A visibly affected Kerr, who has been a stricter advocate of gun laws, said he would not discuss the Eastern Warriors Conference Finals game against the Dallas Mavericks.
“Any basketball question doesn’t matter …” he told reporters. “In the last 10 days, we have murdered black seniors in a Buffalo supermarket, we have murdered Asian religious people in Southern California.
We now have murdered children at school. When will we do something? I am very tired of going up here and offering my condolences to the devastated families out there.
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He also criticized lawmakers for blocking efforts to advance arms control measures.
“Do you realize that 90 percent of Americans, regardless of political party, want background checks, universal background checks? 90 percent of us,” Kerr said.
“We are held hostage by 50 senators in Washington who even refuse to vote for him, despite what we want the American people to do. They will not vote for him because they want to maintain their own power.”
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr talks about the Texas shooting
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Texas students shattered by gunfire
Students at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, were two days away from summer vacation when Tuesday’s massacre occurred.
They had visited the zoo and participated in an exhibition of talents and talents, they showed recent posts on the school’s Facebook page.
Tuesday was awards day, according to the calendar, and students were invited to wear a nice dress and fun shoes as part of a “loose and elegant” theme.
But around 11:43 a.m. a note was posted on the Facebook channel: “Please know that Robb Elementary is currently blocked due to gunfire in the area. Students and staff are safe in the building “.
Then came another message: “There’s an active shooter at Robb Elementary. Law enforcement is in place.”
This was followed by more devastating news: the 18-year-old gunman opened fire on the school and killed 19 children and two adults.
“Our hearts are being broken by families who have been affected by this evil,” Susan Vanderwier of Indiana wrote on the school’s Facebook page.
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Recap: What we know so far about the Texas school shooting
Nineteen students and two adults were shot dead Tuesday in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, officials have confirmed.
A lone gunman is believed to have opened fire shortly before noon on Robb Elementary School and the school closed immediately.
Abbott confirmed that the shooter, whom he named Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old from Uvalde, had been killed.
“He shot and killed in a horrible, incomprehensible way, 14 students and a teacher,” Governor Greg Abbott said before the death toll was finally revised upwards.
Read the details in this Bevan Hurley report:
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Everything we know about the Texas school mass shooter
A gunman who killed at least 19 students and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has been named Salvador Ramos, 18.
He was a student at Uvalde High School who lived in the small town 130 km (80 miles) west of San Antonio, according to Governor Greg Abbott.
Ramos had hinted on social media that an attack could come, state Senator Roland Gutierrez, who was informed …