Uvalde, Texas.- The death toll in a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, rose to 21, according to authorities. Previously, the governor Greg AbbottI reported that the balance of this attack was 15 people.
The assailant “horribly and incomprehensibly shot and killed 14 students and killed a teacher,” the Texas governor said earlier.
Greg Abbott, explained in a press conference that the aggressor, identified as Salvador Ramos18, entered the Robb Elementary School center in the town of Uvalde, about 83 miles (133 kilometers) from San Antonio, with a handgun and possibly a rifle.
The suspect also reportedly shot his grandmother before entering the school and opening fire again, Abbott said. He did not give details about the woman’s condition.
Shortly after, Romas, who lived in Uvalde, was shot dead by police officers who came to the scene, Abbott added.
White House condemns massacre at Texas primary
The White House was quick to react and its spokesman, Karine Jean-Pierretweeted that the country’s president, Joe Bidenhas been informed of “the horrifying news of an elementary school shooting in Texas”.
“His prayers are with the families affected by this terrible event and he will speak tonight when he returns” from his trip to Asia, presidential spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said.
The president “will continue to be informed on a regular basis as information becomes available,” Jean-Pierre said.
Likewise, the United States Senator from Texas, Ted Cruz he tweeted that he and his wife were praying for the children and families “in the horrific shooting in Uvalde.”
“Thank you heroic law enforcement and first responders for acting so quickly,” the Republican lawmaker added.
The Uvalde Memorial Hospital health center noted in a statement on Facebook that there are thirteen injured people who have been transferred to its facilities in ambulances or buses, while two of the fatalities had already died upon arrival at the hospital.
Another medical center, University Health, tweeted that it is treating two patients injured in the shooting at that school, a minor and an adult, and that they are being examined.
The Uvalde School District had previously noted on Twitter that there was an “active” shooting at Robb Elementary School and that security forces had moved into the area.
Mass shootings unleash US insecurity
Deadly violence at this Texas school comes after other mass shootings in the United States this month.
On May 14, an 18-year-old man shot and killed 10 people at a Buffalo, New York grocery store. Wearing a heavy bulletproof vest and carrying an AR-15 rifle, the self-proclaimed white supremacist allegedly live streamed his attack.
He reportedly planned it for months, targeting the store because of the large African-American population that surrounds it.
The next day, a man blocked the door of a church in Laguna Woods, California and opened fire on his Taiwanese-American congregation, killing one person and wounding five.
The shooter, who was working as a security guard in Las Vegas, targeted people out of “politically motivated hate…(and) was upset about political tensions between China and Taiwan,” according to Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes. .
Despite recurring mass shootings and a national wave of gun violenceMultiple initiatives to reform gun regulations have failed in the US Congress, leaving states and local councils to enact their own restrictions.
United States registered 19 thousand 350 homicides with firearms in 2020, almost 35% more than in 2019, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the main US public health agency.
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