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Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that 14 students and one teacher were killed in the shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde.
Abbott said that the gunman was 18-year-old Salvador Roma – but the name was later clarified as Salvador Ramos.
Ramos was shot and killed during the shooting at Robb Elementary School. He is believed to have been killed by law enforcement officers.
Ramos shot his grandmother before heading to the school, and was in a shootout with border patrol agents – one of whom was injured – before barricading himself inside the school buildings.
He posted photos of his guns on Instagram and, shortly before the shooting, he messaged a girl he vaguely knew hinting that he was planning an attack.
Ramos tagged her in a photo of his guns, and wrote, “I got lil secret. I wanna tell you. Be grateful I tagged you.” She replied, “No it’s just scary” and said, “I barely know you and you tag me in a picture with some guns”.
Uvalde Memorial Hospital confirmed that two children were brought in dead on arrival and that they were treating many more.
The district said that the city’s civic center will be used as a reunification center and that parents will be able to pick up their children there.
Joe Biden, who is currently flying home from Japan, will address the nation from the Roosevelt Room of the White House at 8:15pm GMT.
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