Tuesday photo of security officers at the scene of a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas (REUTERS / Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO /)Fourteen children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, and the shooter, an 18-year-old man, was also killed, Governor Greg Abbott reported. (REUTERS / Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO /)Abbott said the man, a local resident, opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about 85 miles (135 kilometers) west of San Antonio. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) (Dario Lopez-Mills /)It is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, and it comes four years after one person killed 10 people at Santa Fe High School in the Houston metro area (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP) (William Luther/)District schools website message warning parents not to go to the school, but to a secondary location to pick up their children“He horribly, incomprehensibly shot and killed 14 students, and killed a teacher,” the governor said, adding that two police officers were shot but are expected to survive (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) (Dario Lopez-Mills/)The attacker entered the school with a pistol, and possibly a rifle, and opened fire, Abbott said. He said that the assailant was probably killed by police officers who arrived at the scene, but that the facts are still under investigation (REUTERS) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS /)A woman reacts while talking on the phone outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center, where students had been transported from Robb Elementary School (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)A girl looks through a glass window from inside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)Robb Elementary School has just under 600 students (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)Joe Biden was made aware of the shooting while flying back from a five-day tour of Asia and will continue to receive updates (REUTERS/Marco Bello)” height=”4040″ src=”https://www.americanchronicles.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1653430070_16_Photos-and-videos-of-the-shooting-in-Texas-it-is.jpg” width=”6087″ />White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden was made aware of the shooting while flying back from a five-day tour of Asia and will continue to receive updates (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/ )A board with the list of classes/teachers is displayed outside the Ssgt Willie de Leon Civic Center (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)At the moment it is not known how many people, in addition to the dead, were injured in the shooting. Uvalde Memorial Hospital had previously said it received 13 children and another hospital reported that a 66-year-old woman was in critical condition (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)A heavy police presence surrounded the school Tuesday afternoon, with officers in heavy vests diverting traffic and FBI agents entering and exiting the building (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)Uvalde has about 16,000 residents and is the seat of government for Uvalde County. The city is about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the border with Mexico (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) (Dario Lopez-Mills/)Robb Elementary School is located in a mostly residential neighborhood of modest homes. Robb Elementary School is 90 percent Hispanic and its last day of school was to be this week (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)Law enforcement personnel leave the scene of a suspected shooting near Robb Elementary School (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)A school employee speaks through a school bus window with a parent near the scene of a suspected shooting (REUTERS/Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO/)Children enter the school bus while security personnel stand guard (REUTERS / Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO /)This shooting is the worst massacre in an elementary school since Sandy Hook in 2012, where 20 students and six adults were killed (REUTERS / Marco Bello) (MARCO BELLO /)
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