Texas school shooting

Nineteen children and two adults were killed on Tuesday when a gunman attacked Robb elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

In a separate Facebook post, Silguero’s mother posted a photo of her daughter and nephew with the caption, “Fly high my angels… Silguero’s cousin, Jayce, was also killed in the classroom. Mom and Dad love you never forget that and please try and stay by our side Amor!!!! Send prayers to all UVALDE we really need it!!!!” her father added. “It’s a tragedy that this happened to a person like this,” said the neighbor, who did not want to be identified. Family members have identified Rodriguez as one of the victims. NBC reported that her son had been told by a friend in law enforcement that she too had been shielding her pupils. I’ll forever miss you and love you my angel,” his cousin wrote on Twitter. She was reportedly married to Ruben Ruiz, a police officer, and has a daughter. “Thank you everyone for the prayers and help trying to find my baby,” Angel Garza wrote to ABC in a statement. Fourth-grade teacher Eva Mirelez, was killed in the shooting. “He was very bubbly, loved to dance with his brothers, his mom. “We started throwing the football together, and I was teaching him pass patterns.

The 18-year-old gunman stormed past an armed guard at a Texas school, carrying a rifle he had purchased days before the attack. At least 19 children and two ...

“I was in kind of in shock,” he said, after hearing from the Texas Rangers. When he got home, he started to go through her pictures. The woman said he had once livestreamed himself holding a gun with blood visible on the floor, claiming that he had a nosebleed. “It’s a very specific phenomenon that there is a growing fraternity of people in this country who are the parents of children killed at school,” she said. He would often leave his mother’s home and stay with his grandmother for several days after a big fight, Mr. Munoz said, and in the past year it seemed that he was spending even more time at his grandmother’s home. But it was not clear on Wednesday morning how swiftly they were willing to move this time, with Mr. Schumer signaling he would not yet hold a vote on a measure that lacked sufficient Republican support to pass.“This isn’t a case of the American people not knowing where their senators stand,” Mr. Schumer said. “They were met with gunfire as well, but they were able to shoot and kill that suspect,” Lt. Olivarez said. A state official said earlier on Wednesday that he had been briefed by police and told the rifle was an “AR platform” weapon. “The time to stop this was after El Paso,” he added, referring to the Texas mass shooting at a Walmart in 2019. The gunman had been employed at Wendy’s, per the investigatory reports, and appeared to have dropped out of high school, the official said. Andy Stone, a spokesman for Meta, disputed the governor’s description of Facebook posts made by the gunman in the 30 minutes before the shooting, saying he was going to shoot his grandmother and a school. In a second post on Facebook, the gunman said he had shot his grandmother, the governor said. Mr. Ybarra said his sister told him that her fourth-grade class had been watching a movie when she looked out of the classroom window and saw a man outside with a gun.

Two Texas Troopers light a candle at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a day after 19 children and two teachers were killed by a gunman in their school.

Of 1,022 districts reviewed by the agency, “only 200 had a viable active shooter policy” required by the law, known as Senate Bill 11, according to a 2021 report. “They are going to make plenty of speeches and vague promises, but we have 20 years of history showing that nothing has happened.” After the Robb Elementary shooting, politicians like Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas, called for more armed adults and law enforcement in schools. After the 2018 shootings in Parkland, Fla., and Santa Fe, Texas, the Trump administration convened a federal school safety commission, which issued an 180-page reportof mostly familiar recommendations, like the use of positive behavioral supports and social-emotional learning. And, while experts say most attackers “leak” their intentionsto friends and family beforehand, the only warning signs police had identified were three online posts the suspect made 30 minutes before the attack, he said. Questions swirl: What, if anything, can lawmakers do to stop the pattern of gun violence in schools?

All of the dead were in the same fourth-grade classroom. Manny Renfro's grandson, Uziyah Garcia, is shown.

“I just don’t know how people can sell that type of a gun to a kid 18 years old. “He was very bubbly, loved to dance with his brothers, his mom. Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home, which is located across the street from Robb Elementary School, said in a Facebook post that it would be assisting families of the shooting victims with no cost for funerals. Lorena Auguste was substitute teaching at Uvalde High School when she heard about the shooting. “You can just tell by their angelic smiles that they were loved,” Harrell said of the children. This has just taken a toll on all of us.” She was big into family, enjoyed being with the family.” “There were certain plays that I would call that he would remember and he would do it exactly like we practiced.” The other slain teacher, Irma Garcia, wrote about her four children, including one who was in the Marines, in a letter introducing herself to the class. “Welcome to the 4th grade! Vincent Salazar said his 10-year-old daughter, Layla, loved to swim and dance to TikTok videos. UVALDE, Texas — One student was an avid runner, so fast she swept the races at field day.

Members of Washington's Congressional delegation are reacting to yesterday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Yesterday, Democratic Representative Adam Smith said in a Twitter post that "thoughts and prayers won’t cut it - we need to act." Chiming in today on Twitter, Republican Representative Dan Newhouse offered his prayers to the victims, families and Uvalde community. Democratic Representative Derek Kilmer described the events as "every parent's worst nightmare." The committee has also made recommendations for crisis operations in an emergency such as the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said "This isn't inevitable. We have an obligation as public servants to interrupt this relentless march of violence."

Less than an hour before he killed 19 children and two teachers at a primary school in Texas, Salvador Ramos sent three chilling messages to a contact ...

Mr O'Rourke was called a "sick son of a b****" for making the "issue political" by someone in the room and was asked to leave. Families are broken apart. "Uvalde has been shaken to its core. Police and others responding to the attack on Tuesday broke windows at the school in an effort to help students and teachers to escape. At the school Ramos, who was wearing an armoured vest, barricaded himself inside a classroom "shooting anyone that was in his way", according to police. Salvador Ramos, 18, shot his grandmother on Tuesday morning before heading to Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde armed with a handgun and a rifle.

UVALDE, Texas: The 19 children and two teachers massacred at a South Texas elementary school were in a single fourth-grade classroom where the gunman ...

"You know, guns flow in this country like water. Democrats in Washington renewed calls for stronger gun safety laws. Garcia, who worked at the school for more than two decades, had four children. World leaders expressed shock and sympathy. Ramos began his rampage by shooting his grandmother at home. Advertisement

Relatives briefed by police said Ms Mireles, alongside her teaching colleague Irma Garcia, died trying to protect the students. The 44-year-old's daughter ...

"We started throwing the football together and I was teaching him pass patterns. A biography on the school's website said she loved to barbecue with her husband, take cruises and listen to music. I was gonna DJ for her at her party like she wanted me too!!!" A post from her basketball team said she was their "hype girl" and "never in a bad mood". In the post, her mother said: "We told her we loved her and would pick her up after school. The 44-year-old's daughter Adalynn said she wanted to "hug her one last time" and pledged to "forever say your name", and that she selflessly tried to save the lives of others.

A shooting at a Uvalde, Texas elementary school Tuesday marked the deadliest school shooting in the state's history. Follow along for the latest.

“19 victims were under age 10,” Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, said on Twitter. “Children and teachers were murdered in a cowardly attack in their Texas school. San Antonio Legal Services Association is seeking local attorneys to assist victims and families with unmet legal needs. She also was shot and injured before authorities say the gunman went to the campus. Appointments have been booked through this week, but people can schedule a donation time for next week. Additionally, authorities believe the man may have lived with his grandmother in a home where she was shot. “She was adventurous. Another massacre,” President Joe Biden said in remarks at the White House. “Beautiful, innocent second-, third- and fourth-graders.” Please keep all families in your prayers.” Let us all commit to ensuring such tragedies can no longer take place.” “My heart is broken for them all,” Mclaughlin said. Multiple children were wounded, but the exact number is unknown. At least 19 students and two adults died in a shooting at a South Texas elementary school Tuesday, marking the deadliest school shooting in the state's history and the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Joe Biden has called on Americans to turn their "pain into action" after a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, left 19 students dead.

"The time for action was yesterday and now we need to act." “There’s 50 Senators right now who refuse to vote on H.R.8, which is a background-check rule that the House passed a couple years ago," he said, referring to the H.R.8 bill, which looks to enforce more stringent background checks on people purchasing firearms. Officers working at the school approached the gunman and he entered a backdoor and from there entered a classroom that was internally connected to another classroom. We are here for the people of Uvalde and our professionals are currently at Robb Elementary assisting law enforcement,” the funeral home said in a statement. They approached the shooter as he fired from behind a barricade and were able to “eliminate the threat," killing him. "Although an investigation is underway and facts are still emerging, we recognize this was the act of a lone, deranged individual," the NRA said in a statement. One of the rifles was used in the shooting. A 66-year-old woman and 10-year-old girl previously listed in critical condition are in serious condition as of Wednesday morning. “They’ve been practicing for this day for years,” the Robb Elementary School teacher said, referring to the active shooter exercises that have become as much a fixture of public education in America as math, science and reading. "Every parent and every educator in America is asking themselves the same question today—and we all need to find better answers for our kids. “We are deeply saddened by this unspeakable loss and are fully cooperating with law enforcement on their investigation," a representative for Yubo said in an emailed statement. There really wasn’t anything that was going to keep this individual from snapping and killing a lot of people if that’s what they really wanted.”

At least 18 children and as many as 3 adults were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, officials say. Here's what we know about gunman.

And Friday, the same day law enforcement officials believe Salvador Ramos bought a second rifle, a picture of two AR-style semi-automatic rifles appeared. Gutierrez, who said he had been briefed by state police, said the gunman posted on social media before the attack and hinted it could be coming. Tuesday’s massacre was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, almost a decade ago. Another Instagram user with many more followers was tagged in that post. The high school, part of the same school district as Robb Elementary where the shooting took place, enrolls about 1,100 students, according to the school district. About 82% of the city's population is Latino, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Another photo shows a gun magazine in hand. These details give authorities and the public information that could help citizens spot future mass shooters and even prevent them. The gunman also purchased 375 rounds of 5.56 ammunition, and what appears to be seven 30-round magazines were inside the school, according to Whitmire. A backpack with several magazines of ammunition near the entrance of the school was also found, according to Whitmire. Police were not pursuing the gunman before he crashed, and the first information law enforcement received about the incident was a caller reporting the crash and a man exiting the vehicle with a gun, according to Whitmire. The two rifles were purchased on two separate dates, May 17 and May 20, and one was found in the gunman's truck while the other was in the school, according to a briefing state Sen. John Whitmire said he received. Abbott said the gunman was a Uvalde local and a U.S. citizen.

Two days after an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two adults at a Texas elementary school, officials have released more information, ...

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Timeline of events leading up to attack emerges, amid claims police had trouble opening door of classroom where attacker had barricaded himself in.

In the first message, sent 30 minutes before the gunman went to the school, he said he would shoot his grandmother. The latest mass shooting is likely to further intensify pressure on social media companies to heighten their scrutiny of online communications. Investigators have also been scrutinizing an Instagram account that apparently belonged to the gunman. The New York attorney general has since opened an investigation into Twitch, 4chan, 8chan and Discord along with other platforms the Buffalo shooter used to amplify the attack. Authorities have said the victims were all killed in the same fourth grade classroom, where the shooter barricaded himself inside. “More could have been done … They were unprepared.”

US President Joe Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, in the coming days to console families of the young shooting victims ...

Tuesday was awards day, according to the calendar, and pupils were invited to wear a nice outfit and fun shoes as part of a “footloose and fancy” theme. Texas Governor Greg Abbott said at a news conference that the shooter had on Tuesday sent a message online saying he was going to shoot his grandmother and another one confirming he had done so. O’Rourke was escorted out of the building and spoke to reporters outside. “I’m sick and tired of it,” Biden said on Wednesday. This was the school’s last week of classes before the summer break. Authorities said he had legally purchased two rifles and 375 rounds of ammunition days before the shooting. After shooting his grandmother, he fled the home they shared and crashed his car near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, about 130 km west of San Antonio. A school police officer approached him outside the building, according to officials, but no gunfire was exchanged. Meanwhile, police surrounded the building, breaking windows to help children and staff escape. As harrowing details emerged of the attack at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, US President Joe Biden vowed to act to tighten gun control. He was a high school dropout with no known criminal record or history of mental illness. Meanwhile, at least 17 people suffered non-life-threatening injuries, including “multiple children” who survived the gunfire in their classroom. They were accompanied by familiar conspiracy theories suggesting the entire shooting was somehow staged, reported the Associated Press.

All of the victims were in the same fourth-grade classroom, where the shooter barricaded himself and opened fire on the children and teachers, an official ...

“They don’t tell us anything, only a photo, wait, hope that everything is well.” While he waited outside the school Tuesday night, his family was at the hospital and civic centre waiting for any potential word on her condition. “He was very bubbly, loved to dance with his brothers, his mom. “Someone could possibly have seen a dramatic change before something like this happened.” One man at the civic centre walked away sobbing into his phone “she is gone.” “We started throwing the football together and I was teaching him pass patterns.