School massacre in Texas: Student kills at least 19 children
An 18-year-old man shot his grandmother on Tuesday at an apartment in Texas. He crashed a truck in a ditch in Uvalde, west of San Antonio. He was heavily armed and wearing body armor when he walked into a school and started shooting.
Salvador Rolando Ramos, a Uvalde High School student who turned 18 years old on May 16, killed at least 19 children at Robb Elementary School, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez said Ramos used two rifles he had purchased.
“That was the first thing he did on his 18th birthday,” Gutierrez said.
Relatives identified two of the victims at Robb Elementary School as fourth-grade teacher Eva Mireles and 10-year-old Xavier Lopez, a fourth-grade student.
Mireles’s biography on the school’s site reported she had 17 years of experience in education and she was a mother who was married to a Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District officer.
Before the Tuesday night update, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told reporters that two officers were injured. He announced the shooter, 14 elementary school students, and a teacher had died. The death toll increased shortly after.
“There are families who are in mourning right now. The state of Texas is in mourning with them for the reality that these parents are not going to be able to pick up their children,” Abbott said.
Ryan Ramirez said he was searching for his daughter. Adolfo Cruz said he and his family members were searching for his 10-year-old great-granddaughter, Elijah Cruz Torres.
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