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The perpetrator is said to be an 18-year-old from the small town. Police confirm he was killed.
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The death toll rises after the attack on a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday.
So far, 18 children and three adults have been confirmed killed, the state’s senator Roland Gutierrez informs at 01.20 on Wednesday night Norwegian time.
It is the news agency Reuters that reports it, with reference to CNN. It is currently unclear whether the alleged perpetrator is part of the latest death toll.
The number is expected to rise further, according to the police, reports an ABC journalist Twitter. Hospitals have asked for blood donations to treat the injured.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott previously said the students killed were between seven and ten years old. They went to second, third and fourth grade at school.
“When parents deliver their children to school, they expect to know that they will be able to pick up the child when the day is over,” the governor said after the tragedy.
– And there are families who are in mourning right now.
Abbott has identified the perpetrator as an 18-year-old from the small town.
The alleged perpetrator allegedly shot his grandmother before entering the school, according to both Governor Abbott and Senator Gutierrez. The latter told CNN that he had received information that the woman “still endures”.
The perpetrator is said to have used a handgun and probably a rifle, the governor stated during a press conference late Tuesday Norwegian time. He emphasizes that this information has so far been unconfirmed.
According to Senator Roland Gutierrez, the alleged perpetrator acquired rifles when he turned 18.
The chief of police in Uvalde, Pete Arredondo, confirms that the perpetrator is dead. He must have acted alone.
Uvalde is a small town of about 16,000 inhabitants, about 135 miles west of San Antonio, in the far south of Texas.
On Tuesday at 12.17 local time (19.17 Norwegian time) the authorities announced that shooting was taking place at the primary school Robb Elementary School.
The primary school has about 475 students. The rest of the school year should be cancelled.
A large number of police officers moved out, and all schools in the area were closed.
Two policemen are said to have been shot during the exchange with the perpetrator. They should not have significant damage.
– Someone is shooting
– Someone is shooting inside the school. I love you.
The message above must have come from a gym teacher at the track school, who texted to someone in the family, writes local journalist Anastasiya Bolton on Twitter.
A woman tells a local TV channel that her granddaughter was shot in the leg, but survived.
– Grandma, it sounded like fireworks. It was non stop, the woman says that the granddaughter said KENS 5.
The perpetrator is said to have previously been a student at Uvalde High School.
–Deadliest shooting in a decade
Tuesday’s attack was the deadliest shooting incident at a US elementary school in nearly a decade, according to Sky News. At the time, it was Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut that was affected.
US President Joe Biden has announced that he will make a statement during the evening local time. The press conference is expected at 02.15 on Wednesday Norwegian time.
Biden has ordered that it be flown at half-mast outside the White House and other public buildings “as a sign of respect for the victims”, reports the news agency Reuters.
Ten-year-old critically injured
Uvalde Memorial Hospital (UMH) signs Facebook that they have admitted 13 children to the hospital.
– Two individuals who arrived at UMH had died. No further details are available, they write.
CNN has spoken to the hospital, which says that they are also treating a man in his 40s.
San Antonio University Hospital confirms that a 66-year-old woman and a ten-year-old girl are critically injured. They also have a ten-year-old girl inside who is in stable condition.
Neighbor: – Heard four or five shots
CBS News has spoken to a neighbor who says he heard several shots.
– We were on our way to lunch when we heard shots. More and more came. We got in the car and drove around the corner, where the school is located. Then we saw employees at a funeral home who cried and said that people were shooting at the school, says Derek who runs a car repair shop nearby.
The funeral home is located next to the primary school.
– I heard maybe four or five shots, he says.
His aunt teaches fourth grade and a nephew and niece go to school. They are safe, according to the neighbor.
– My aunt heard shouting and saw silence afterwards. They probably hid then, he says.
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