NATIONAL: AT LEAST14 CHILDREN AND ONE TEACHER KILLED IN SCHOOL SHOOTING IN TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO — At least 15 people, including 14 children, are dead following a shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
The alleged shooter has been taken custody, local police said. Others remain hospitalized in facilities in Uvalde and San Antonio.
Governor Abbott tweeted a video that says in part:
“The shooter was Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old male who resided in Uvalde. It’s believed that he entered into the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a handgun, and he may have also had a rifle, but that is not confirmed according to my most recent report. He shot and killed, horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 students and killed a teacher. [the shooter], he himself, is deceased, and it’s believed that responding officers killed him.”
Uvalde Memorial Hospital officials told KENS 5 they are caring for 13 people from the shooting.
At least two victims, a 66-year-old adult and a child, also were taken to a San Antonio hospital, about 80 miles away. University Health officials said both patients are in critical condition.
