Shooting at a Texas Elementary School: Live from Uwalde, Texas
A teenage gunman barricaded himself in a classroom before killing at least 19 children and two teachers in a shooting at a Texas primary school on May 24, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official.
All the victims were in the same fourth-grade classroom at Rob Elementary School in Uwalde, about 80 miles west of San Antonio.
The shooter, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was reportedly shot dead by an officer who arrived on the scene. Two of the victims are Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, both teachers at the school.
Investigators are still working to establish the sequence of events during the massacre, in which local law enforcement officers tried to engage the shooter. The first person in charge told CNN that it was about 30 minutes before officers “neutralized” the shooter.
Ten children killed in the attack are named, including eight-year-old Uzia Garcia and Alexandria Ania Rubio, Ameri Joe Garza, Makena Lee Elrod, Xavier Javier Lopez, Jose Flores, Nawae Brown, Anabel Guadalupe Rodriguez, Alicia Ramirez and Eli Lugo, 10 .
After the attack, President Joe Biden called on Congress to put an end to the “trap” of gun violence in America, saying, “When on earth are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?”
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Mitch McConnell condemns a “crazy” shooter in a Senate speech
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell described the shooter who killed 19 children Tuesday as a “crazy young man” and “maniac”, but did not mention legally purchased AR-style rifles or legislative action to prevent gun violence and gun proliferation. in his speech on Wednesday.
“It is literally disgusting, disgusting to think of the innocent young lives that have been stolen from this senseless, meaningless brutality,” he said.
Alex Woodward 25 May 2022 17:19
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Two cousins from an early age among the victims
Two of the 19 children fatally shot Tuesday were cousins, according to local television station KHOU.
Family members of third-grader Anabel Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10, confirmed her daughter’s death hours after requesting her to be reported missing.
Alex Woodward 25 May 2022 17:11
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ICYMI: Sen. Democrat pleads for action against gun violence after massacre in Texas: “What are we doing?”
Senator Chris Murphy’s remarks in the Senate on Tuesday afternoon – calling for any legislative action to combat gun violence and the proliferation of firearms used in mass killings – echoed in the United States as Americans reunited the devastation in Uwalde in just 10 days. after a mass shooting in Buffalo.
Alex Woodward May 25, 2022 4:50 p.m.
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Congress has no immediate plans for gun control legislation. Instead, Sumer tells people to “vote in November”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer signaled on Wednesday that the upper house of Congress would not even bother to pass legislation on gun control and the availability of firearms before November.
He told reporters Wednesday morning that he saw no hope of reaching a compromise on the issue with Republicans, even after Tuesday’s massacre.
“Americans can vote in November,” he told reporters.
Democrats “will continue to pursue this issue on their own” with the assumption that Republicans do not want to help deal with the horror, he added.
The Independent’s John Bowden has more than Washington:
Alex Woodward 25 May 2022 16:45
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Ramos’ high school class attended elementary school the day before the massacre
The shooter’s high school graduate visited the nearby Rob Elementary School the day before the massacre, an annual tradition as part of Uwalde High School Week, according to one student who attended.
On Monday, May 23, high school graduates visited the school and welcomed students attending second, third and fourth grade. The attacker was not present at the visit.
Alex Woodward May 25, 2022 4:40 p.m.
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Galego attacks NRA and Cruz after Texas school shooting: “Damn it, Ted Cruz”
Iraq war veteran and Democrat Ruben Galego had nothing but swear words at Senator Ted Cruz and his Arizona counterpart Kirsten Cinema after Tuesday’s massacre.
Alex Woodward May 25, 2022 4:35 p.m.
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Update: Ten children have been identified
Ten of the 19 children killed in Tuesday’s massacre have been identified.
In a heartbreaking Facebook post, Alexandria’s mother Ania Rubio, 10, commemorated her “beautiful” and “smart” daughter. A close family friend of Rubio confirmed to The Independent that Alexandria, called “Lexi” by friends and family members, was one of the children killed.
Alex Woodward 25 May 2022 16:25
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Texas officials will host the afternoon press conference
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, U.S. Senators John Cornin and Ted Cruz, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and government and local officials will hold a press conference at 12:30 p.m. to provide up-to-date information on the Uwalde massacre state’s response.
The briefing will take place at the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center in Uwalde.
Alex Woodward 25 May 2022 16:20
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Two patients remain in “serious condition” and two others in “good condition”, according to the hospital in San Antonio
The University Health Hospital in San Antonio reports that a 66-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl at the hospital remain in “serious condition”.
Another 10-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl are in good condition, the hospital said.
All pediatric patients are with their families, the hospital said.
Alex Woodward 25 May 2022 16:11
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The armed man Uvalde legally bought two AR-style rifles days before the shooting
The gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in a fourth-grade classroom in Texas purchased two AR-style rifles on May 17 and May 20 from a “local federal firearms licensee,” according to a law enforcement briefing. State Senator John Whitmeyer.
One rifle was found in the truck that the shooter crashed at the scene, while the other rifle was with him at school, according to the briefing.
It is reported that on May 18 he bought 375 5.56 mm cartridges.
He also wore a plate carrier without bumpy armor.
Alex Woodward 25 May 2022 16:07
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