US: 15 killed in Texas elementary faculty taking pictures, gunman useless

Fourteen youngsters and one trainer had been killed in a taking pictures at a Texas elementary faculty Tuesday, and the 18-year-old gunman was useless, Gov. Greg Abbott stated Abbott stated an area man opened hearth at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about 85 miles west of San Antonio

”He shot and killed, horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 college students and killed a trainer,“ stated the governor.

The gunman was a resident of the neighborhood and entered the college with a handgun, and presumably a rifle, and opened hearth, Abbott stated. He stated the shooter was doubtless killed by responding officers however that the occasions had been nonetheless being investigated.

Uvalde Memorial Hospital stated earlier that 13 youngsters had been taken by ambulance or bus to that facility and one other hospital reported a 66-year-old lady was in important situation. It was not instantly clear how many individuals, along with the useless, had been injured within the taking pictures

Earlier, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District had stated an lively shooter was reported on the faculty, which has an enrollment of just below 600 college students.

A heavy police presence surrounded the college Tuesday afternoon, with officers in heavy vests diverting site visitors and FBI brokers coming and going from the constructing. School and metropolis officers didn’t instantly return messages looking for remark.

The district stated that the town’s civic heart was getting used as a reunification heart.

The taking pictures in Texas got here lower than two weeks after a gunman opened hearth at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 Black customers and staff in what officers have described as a hate crime.

Uvalde is house to about 16,000 individuals and is the seat of presidency for Uvalde County. The city is about 75 miles from the border with Mexico. Robb Elementary is in a principally residential neighborhood of modest houses. There is a funeral house throughout the road from the college.