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Texas school shooting LIVE updates: 'Heartbroken,' pained as Texas town mourns school victims

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 26, 2022, 11:27:41 IST

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Texas school shooting LIVE updates: 'Heartbroken,' pained as Texas town mourns school victims

America disgraced itself with yet another mass shooting in a Texas school, where a teenager with state-legislated easy access to military grade guns massacred 19 children. Salvador Ramos, 18, went on the rampage after shooting his grandmother and was later shot dead. Media reports said the teenager, a student at the same Robb Elementary School, was upset over failing grades and being bullied. Reports also say all those killed were in one room. Stay with TOI for latest updates:

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The killing of 19 young children at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was the deadliest US school shooting in years, and the latest in a spree of bloody gun violence across America.

10:47 (IST) May 25

Why are are willing to live with this carnage? Why do we keep letting this happen? Where in God’s name is our backbone? It’s time to act.

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10:46 (IST) May 25

When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby? When in God’s name do we do what we all know needs to be done?

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10:44 (IST) May 25

Officials did not immediately reveal a motive, but the governor identified the assailant as Salvador Ramos and said he was a resident of the Unvalde, about 85 miles (135 kilometers) west of San Antonio.

10:41 (IST) May 25

The assault at Robb Elementary School in the heavily Latino town of Uvalde 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, in December 2012.

10:04 (IST) May 25

Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two adults killed was a teacher.

10:01 (IST) May 25

The attacker was killed by law enforcement.

09:44 (IST) May 25

The school district said the elementary school, where the student mission statement is "Live. Learn. Love. Lead," would remain closed for the final days of the school year.

09:43 (IST) May 25

Messages poured in from around the world, offering prayers and expressing outrage at yet another U.S. mass shooting.

09:43 (IST) May 25

An 18-year-old gunman had opened fire at the school, killing 19 children and two adults, officials said.

09:36 (IST) May 25

The school serves about 570 children in second through fourth grades, nearly 90% of them Hispanic.

09:35 (IST) May 25

At 11:43 a.m. Tuesday (local time), a note was posted on the Facebook feed: "Please know at this time Robb Elementary is under a Lockdown Status due to gunshots in the area. The pupils and staff are safe in the building,"

09:34 (IST) May 25

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.

09:34 (IST) May 25

The children at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, were two days away from their summer break when Tuesday's massacre unfolded.

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