'This has become part of who we are as a country,' laments JulianCastro. 'The free availability of guns has not made us safer in the United States or here in the state of Texas.'
—including 19 students and two adults—were killed and an unknown number of others wounded in a mass shooting by a lone gunman at a local elementary school.Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland school shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg,interview after Tuesday's massacre."How many more times are we gonna sit back?... How many more times?"
The shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde, 85 miles west of San Antonio. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbottin a statement that the shooter—who early reports indicate might have had a rifle and a handgun—shot and killed his grandmother before going on a rampage at the school at around 11:30 am.
The gunman, who multiple law enforcement sources identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was fatally shot by law enforcement responding to the crime scene. Around 600 second- through fourth-grade students attend Robb Elementary School. Distraught parents rushed to the campus trying to locate their children in the wake of the shooting.."She might not be alive."
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