Community members in Uvalde, Texas, gather to honor mass shooting victims

Families, friends and the Uvalde community remember the lives of 19 children and two teachers. The shooting shattered the small, close-knit community, where about 82% of the city's population is Latino, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

A gunman killed 19 children at a Texas elementary school Tuesday in the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Wearing body armor and firing hundreds of rounds, the 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, Texas Department of Public Safety Lt. Chris Olivarez said. Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two was a teacher. A U.S. Border Protection agent, one of several responding to the scene, shot and killed the gunman, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told USA TODAY on Tuesday night.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada said the gunman also shot his grandmother before driving to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where he was armed with a rifle and overpowered a school officer. Estrada said the grandmother had been airlifted to a hospital and was in critical condition.

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18 comments

  1. reality still hasent sunk in for most, wait till the funerals….this is so unfair and sad….rest in peace innocent sweet angels.

  2. May all Rest in peace. May God heal all parents. This is a real tragedy. Breaks my heart.
    Do something with these gun Government!

  3. Dear Merciful Lord, I ask you to comfort these who lost a love one at the school. Lord, help these people who are hurt & in pain. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.

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    1. Criminals don’t care if guns are illegal…. That’s why they call them criminals.
      All making guns illegal does it make it harder for law-abiding citizens to get them to protect themselves FROM those criminals that have them.

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