19 students, two teachers killed, 17 injured by shooter in horrific mass shooting at Uvalde, Texas elementary school
Nineteen students and two teachers have been shot and killed in a horrific mass shooting incident at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas by an 18-year-old shooter, identified as Salvador Romas, authorities confirmed.
The shooter apparently shot his 66-year-old grandmother in the face after making a Facebook post that said “I’m going to shoot my grandmother.”
After shooting his grandmother and making a post which stated he went through with the plan, he then posted:” I’m going to shoot up an elementary school.” He drove to the school and crashed his vehicle nearby. Officers were alerted and a school resource officer engaged Ramos. Ramos and officers began to have a shootout, which injured one officer. Ramos was able to then enter the back door of the school with a rifle and walk down a highway and barricade himself inside a class full of kids. That is when he opened fire and killed near two dozen people and injured 17 others. Ramos was finally killed by a Border Patrol Agent.
Eva Mireles has been identified as the teacher killed in the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas. She was a 4th Grade Teacher at Robb Elementary. Irma Garcia was the second teacher who was killed. She taught for 23 years and had four children and loved barbecuing with her husband.
At least 16 students have been identified:
– 4th grader Xavier Lopezes
– 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza
– 10-year-old Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez
– 8-year-old Uziyah Garcia
– 10-year-old Jackie Cazares
– 10-year-old Eliahana Cruz Torres
– 10-year-old Alithia Ramirez
– 10-year-old Rojelio Torres
– Jailah Nicole Silguero
– Jayce Carmelo Luevanos
– 10-year-old Makenna Lee Elrod
– 10-year-old Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio
– 10-year-old Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia
– 10-year-old Nevaeh Bravo
– 11-year-old Miranda Mathis
– 10-year-old Jose Flores Jr.
– 10-year-old Tess Mata
Kids were seen fleeing the school as the incident was ongoing. Local, state, and federal officials are on scene. Students were reunited with family members at the local civic center in the town.
This is a developing story. This story is expected to change.
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