Texas elementary school gunman warned online of attack minutes before rampage that killed 19 children

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UVALDE, Texas: The Texas gunman who murdered 19 children and two teachers posted on social media that he was going to shoot up an elementary school about 15 minutes before his rampage,

posted on social media that he was going to shoot up an elementary school about 15 minutes before his rampage, Governor Greg Abbott said on Wednesday , as harrowing details about the attack continued to emerge.

Abbott said the posts were made on Facebook, but spokespeople for Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, said they were private messages discovered after the shooting. The company declined to say who received the messages or which of Meta's platforms, such as Messenger or Instagram, was used to send them.The attack, which came 10 days after anin a mostly black neighbourhood of Buffalo, has reignited a national debate over US gun laws.

O'Rourke was escorted out of the building and spoke to reporters outside, calling it"insane" that an 18-year-old was legally permitted to acquire an AR-15 and vowing to pursue gun limits. But new legislation appeared unlikely to pass in Washington. Virtually all Republicans in Congress oppose new gun restrictions, citing the US Constitution's guarantee of a right to bear arms, and there was no sign the massacre would alter that position.

 

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