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The suspected perpetrator must be 18 years old. Police confirm he was killed.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirms that 14 students and one teacher were killed.
According to the governor, the perpetrator is an 18-year-old man from Uvalde.
– He shot and killed 14 students and a teacher in a terrible and incomprehensible way, says Abbott.
The chief of police in Uvalde, Pete Arredondo, confirms that the perpetrator is dead. He must have acted alone.
Arredondo does not confirm the number of dead or injured.
There were students between 7 and 10 years old, in the second, third and fourth stages of school when the shooting happened.
Abbott says the perpetrator used a handgun and probably a rifle. He emphasizes that it has not been confirmed.
On Tuesday at 12:17 local time – 19.17 Norwegian time – the authorities in the city of Uvalde in Texas announced that shooting was taking place at the primary school Robb Elementary School.
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.
US President Joe Biden has been informed of the incident, according to Reuters, and has announced that he will make a statement during the evening US time.
Biden has decided that it will 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.
– Someone is shooting
Robb Elementary School has about 475 students.
– 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.
–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 an adult woman and a ten-year-old girl are critically injured.
Uvalde is located 135 miles west of San Antonio, in the far south of Texas.
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.
The case is being updated!
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