At least 14 students and a teacher were killed when a gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday. Abbott said the shooter is also dead and is believed to have been killed by responding police officers.
Abbott’s comments came after the district reported one active shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, located about an hour and a half west of San Antonio. The school teaches 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students, according to Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pedro Arredondo.
Abbott said the shooter was an 18-year-old man living in Uvalde. He said it is believed the suspect, whom he named as Salvador Ramos, left his vehicle and then entered the school with a gun and possibly a rifle.
“He shot and killed – horribly, incomprehensibly – 14 students and killed one teacher,” Abbott said.
Arredondo said the shooting took place around 11:32 a.m. local time. He did not give many details about what happened, but confirmed that the suspect is dead, and said investigators believe he acted alone. He also confirmed that there were several injuries and “some deaths”, but he did not provide specific figures.
Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that the alleged shooter is suspected of killing his grandmother before opening fire on the school.
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Uvalde Memorial Hospital said earlier that it received 13 children from ambulances and buses for treatment and that two people who arrived at the hospital were dead. Another hospital said it is caring for a 66-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl, both in critical condition. Another hospital said it was caring for two adults, both also in critical condition.
South Texas blood and tissues said the sender 15 units of blood for Uvalde on Tuesday.
Although details of the shooting still surfaced, the district said there had been an “active shooter” at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District – located about an hour and a half west of San Antonio – tweeted at. 13:17 that there was “an active shooter at Robb Elementary,” adding: “Law enforcement is in place. Your cooperation is needed at this time by not visiting campus. As soon as more information is gathered, they will be shared . ”
About kl. At 2 p.m. local time, the district said parents were approved to pick up their children at the local civic center.
