Fourteen students and one teacher are dead gun attack on an elementary school near San Antonio, in Texas. According to the information transmitted by the international media, the perpetrator, an 18-year-old, has been killed by police fire.
The students of Robb Elementary School in Texas experienced the absolute horror. The initial report was two dead children, but the death toll now stands at 15. The perpetrator, named Salvador Ramos, left his vehicle a little further from the elementary school and, holding a pistol and possibly a carbine, started firing indiscriminately at the children. According to new information, the victims were students of the second, third and fourth grade, ie from 7 to ten years old.
Alongside, a 10-year-old girl and a 66-year-old woman are being treated in critical condition.
Update on the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde: at University Hospital, one patient, a 66-year-old woman, is in critical condition.
The other patient is a 10-year-old girl, also in critical condition.
– University Health (@UnivHealthSA) May 24, 2022
The perpetrator “drummed” inside the campus of the school complex and was killed, according to the information so far, after an exchange of shots with the police.
The perpetrator “horribly and irrationally killed 14 students and a teacher,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, adding that the 18-year-old perpetrator was also dead. The number of injured from the attack that took place at around 11.30 in the morning, local time, is unknown, while the motives of the perpetrator, who is considered to have acted alone, remain unknown.
Officials: Texas shooter killed grandmother before killing 14 students, teacher at school https://t.co/fn5nhBi8XC pic.twitter.com/KvTxlRbVzI
– NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) May 24, 2022
18-year-old Salvador Ramos, a high school student in the area, allegedly killed his grandmother before invading the elementary school and starting to shoot, scattering death, as reported by the American media.
BREAKING Multiple shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Texas. #RobbElementary #UvaldeTexas #SchoolShooting pic.twitter.com/BYR977aJpY
– TheFamily’sSoup TV (@FamilysSoupTV) May 24, 2022
The community of Ovalde is located about 130 miles west of San Antonio. US President Joe Biden has been informed about the bloodbath and is constantly informed about it, as the White House spokeswoman announced:
President Biden has been briefed on the horrific news of the elementary school shooting in Texas and will continue to be briefed regularly as information becomes available.
– Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) May 24, 2022
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