TX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL18 CHILDREN, 3 ADULTS DEADAfter Mass Shooting
TMZ 5/24/2022 1:39 PM PT
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This is the second successful and third attempted mass shooting in recent weeks. Ten people were killed in a racially-motivated attack on grocery store in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York on May 14. The following day one person was killed in an attempted mass shooting at a church meeting of Taiwanese Christians in Southern California by a shooter who was motivated by pro-Communist China sentiments. Parishioners fought and stopped the gunman.
4:19 PM PT — Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez just confirmed to CNN that 18 children and 3 adults were killed in the shooting. The Senator says the shooter’s grandmother is still alive but in critical condition.
3:25 PM PT — Senator Chris Murphy just begged his colleagues on both sides of the political aisle to come together and figure out a way to help reduce the number of mass shootings in the country.Play video content
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Murphy pleaded they find some sort of common ground to come up with a solution for stricter gun control, saying no parent should have to worry about sending their kid to school.
1:50 PM PT — Gov. Abbott says the shooter was an 18-year-old student at the local high school. The shooter reportedly killed his grandmother first, then went to the school and opened fire before barricading himself in a room. He was killed by responding officers.
A nightmare is unfolding in Texas as another mass shooting is being reported — this time at an elementary — where at least 14 children and one teacher have been killed.Reuters
Reports out of Uvalde, Texas say a gunman first opened fire near Robb Elementary School before running inside the building. Once inside, he allegedly barricaded himself inside a classroom where the shooting continued.Reuters
At this time, Governor Abbott says 14 children and one teacher are dead.
It appears the last day of the school year for students in the district was Thursday, Robb Elementary has a student population of about 500 students.CNN
The elementary school mass shooting comes just 10 days after 10 people were killed and 3 other people were injured when an 18-year-old opened fire. Gendron‘s attack was racially motivated, declaring himself a white supremacist and carrying a Bushmaster XM-15 rifle with “n*****” and other racist references written in sharpie on the gun.
It’s currently unclear who the shooter at Robb Elementary is, but they’re reportedly dead as well.
