shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said.Abbott said the suspected shooter, an 18-year-old, believed to be from Uvalde also died.“He shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 students and killed a teacher.
The shooter, he himself is deceased and its believed that responding officers killed him,” Abbott told a news briefing.Uvalde’s district chief of police Pedro “Pete” Arredondo confirmed during a press conference Tuesday that the suspect is dead, noting they are believed to have acted alone during the “heinous” crime.Arredondo called the shooting a mass casualty incident and said families are being notified.Our broken hearts are with Uvalde.— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) May 24, 2022According to the Uvalde Memorial Hospital (UMH), 13 children were transferred to the facility for treatment after an active shooter was reported at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.Two children were also transferred to San Antonio, about 135 kilometres east of Uvalde, and another child is pending transfer.Two of the individuals who arrived at UMH were deceased, the hospital said in an update online.“Please refrain from coming to the hospital at this time,” the update read.Another Hospital, University Health, said it received two patients from the shooting – one child and one adult, a 66-year-old woman in critical condition.Heidi & I are fervently lifting up in prayer the children and families in the horrific shooting in Uvalde.We are in close contact with local officials, but the precise details are still unfolding.Thank you to heroic law enforcement & first responders for acting so swiftly.— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) May 24, 2022Robb Elementary School has just 575 students in grades 2 to.