Gunman at a Texas elementary school kills 19 students and two adults before being fatally shot, officials say

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BREAKING: 14 students and a teacher are dead after an 18-year-old man opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the governor says. The gunman is also dead.

The shooter -- identified by Texas officials as Salvador Ramos, of Uvalde -- also shot his grandmother before crashing a vehicle near the school, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada said. She is in critical condition, he said.The gunman is believed to have acted alone, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo said.

Texas AG puts out statement after elementary school shooting 03:28"There's a lot we don't know yet. There's a lot we do know. Parents who will never see their child again, never have them jump in bed and cuddle with them. Parents who will never be the same. To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away," said Biden, who has before spoken in deeply personal terms about the family tragedies he has endured.

 

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R. I. P.

It's kids fault. Not the gun!

Fake news🤬

And I saw on the news that this is like the 27th school mass shooting THIS YEAR! We're not even half way through the year yet.27! Wtf! Have you become so desensitised to child mass murders that you don't care anymore.If you do care,then why do nothing about it?Again?Your choice.

What I find crazy, apart from the obvious waste of innocent children's lives, is that NOTHING will be done to even address the problem. What is the matter with you? Do your children mean so little, that this will be swept under the carpet and forgotten about again. So sad.

Democrats like mass shootings!!! Helps them push there anti gun socialist take over and destroy America!

And the debate continues. And nauseum. Debate away, as the shootings and body counts go up...

It is time that these people who want to kill people for no reason..where the cops catch then they put them handcuffs they should get them a bullet

Ron_White Wow, why don’t people learn and understand what this does to others !?

Thoughts and Prayers! Because our second amendment right to bear AR-15s is much more sacred than the lives of our children, so suck it!

There has been some poor reporting on CNN’s part from the start.

Teach the GUNS not to fire the Innocents. Teach the Bullets Not to Kill the Innocents.

Thoughts and prayers.. you know congress ain’t gonna do Jack.. Texas is way too mental to give a damn. Same blah blah guns don’t hurt people. 1 month from now people won’t care. Rinse and repeat.

can we: 1. Stop letting teens buy guns. 2. Track the sale of ammunition like we do silencers 3. Make manufacturers liable for under 'Victims Rights / Survivors Rights laws' of mass shootings.

Gun Control!!!...too easy killing people in the US

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Don't take up arms.Must be up in arms.

Oh, was it revenge or he wasn't mentally stable.

30th shooting in schools this year only in May wtf USA. Biden how about making guns only accessible to law enforcement instead of raising a flag at half mask ffs 🤦‍♂️

Do you know what the problem with skyrim is these days? Everyone is obsessed with death

Two stories, same theatre, same media house. How come CNN

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Such a shame 😡

Huge tragedy :((

Here we go again, yet no gun control laws as everyone has its freedom to own one and to take others freedom of a peaceful life.

Fix the headline 14 children murdered including their teacher

Does anyone care? Do not say yes, unless you do everything in your power to change gun laws. If you do not act, you are the problem.

Guys, why do you need guns in Merica?

These shootings are becoming a common thing yet there seem to be nothing anyone is doing about it. Right to bear arms does not meany right to murder people in cold blood.

Heartbroken

What terrorist groups in Africa and middle East doing different from shootings in USA. You are paid off.

GunControl

GunControlNow

Are the victims black or white?

So sad indeed 😢 In Africa most young people commit suicide,i really don't understand all this😔😪

Wann hört das endlich auf? Wann werden endlich die Waffengesetze verschärft? Es ist doch nicht normal,das ein 18 jähr. 14 Schüler und einen Lehrer erschießen kann Seine Großmutter hat er auch angegriffen,was war nur mit dem Jungen los!

Why people are killing their own natives? What do they want

Again, So sad. Stop th automatic rifles for public use once for all as its of no use but is always misused and humanity suffers.

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How often do American presidents have to sympathize when loved ones are killed by gunmen? America needs to change gun laws! Protect your children!

Political games. Working a second job due to inflation. In a tax preparation office has more security than that school..Think about his words...Very Selfish and Division...It's the Children's blood shedding... Babies... Nothing of Respect or Unity

The government should do something about the guns. Banned them and put more protection to our communities.

Ironic how governments can allow with impunity loss of innocent yet potential lives just to shine gun business🥲

Most of the people saying it’s easy to get a gun never even bought one this is sad but blaming gun control isn’t going to make this any better there was an issue and a reason he did this act and since he’s gone we won’t ever know I just hope the families can find closure

Nothing that USA people can do, weapons are the way to fix personal problems it is part of the culture, 23 years after Colombine shooting CNN FoxNews politicians still saying same things, like “enough is enough” what about: no more will be tolerated, so this is the new normal.

I know a school nearby that is in a rural area that has allowed a child to be picked up by someone the teachers never met or even asked for ID. I picked up that same child twice and only once did I sign a register. This is how kids get kidnapped and how strangers are allowed in

Why such tragedy event repeat again and again ?

how long before someone calls this one a hoax or a conspiracy? anything but accepting that something needs to change. the problem is systemic...my heart is full of sorrow for the children and families

“ A suspect is in custody” let me take a wild guess 😣

It is sad when something like this happens makes you wonder why children are the target of madness. One day everyone will end up just home schooling. It's the safest choice out there..

Nancy Grace did that when men were trapped in a mine and she said stuff about some girl that ended up killing herself because of something she had no clue about.

This is the problem with news today they put it out before all the facts are gathered. I missed the days of news at 6 and 11 and least we forget the newspaper. And when there was a break in the programing they never just assumed or reported stuff that was not true .

So many ignorant Americans. Republicans want everyone to own a gun and they are against waiting periods. I wonder what the parents of the children think now.

Why does American media always report these as '16 dead in shooting' and not 'Man shoots 16 kids dead'? Depersonalization? 16 things died?

And Weapons and Guns culture country talking about human rights.... What a Joke 😆

You mean 14 children, stop using NRA speaking points.

More prayers, more platitudes, no action….repeat. Young lives butchered and it will happen again and again because America doesn’t care.

killed 18 kids in a school but He is not a TERRORIST..!! 🤷🏻‍♂️

Protect world leaving home vulnerable?

GunControlNow GunControlFUCKINGNOW

The law is supposed to protect the people not the guns industry. FakeDemocracy

How did a weapon of mass destruction end up in a kids class room ? Thoughts and prayers to all those affected. timeforchange

Texas wants guns so no surprise here.

For those that support more guns and 2a, tell me that the 2nd amendment is worth more than dead kids.

If Americans stopped pretending to be John Wayne maybe kids could go to school and actually come home again..

The President just said 18 died and one teacher. I’m sick I’m sick I’m sick and tired of allowing guns to be purchased. Put surveillance and metal detectors in the schools at the front doors, hospitals do it, banks do it, why not protect our children.

Nothing new, happens almost every week, it's America the land of the free.

Ok so injured or dead ? Because there’s two conflicting stories

Dear NRA. We did it your way. Your have proven that you are unable to police yourselves. Now it’s time for the adults in the room to take over. We just can’t afford to wait till you guys figure it out. Signed, a US voter.

Not students. These were children.

Peace be with all the victimsfamilies and firstresponders and survivors.

I have a solution to the gun problem . Make legal to bear arms BUT from when the Constitution was created , that means make everyone who wants to get a gun , buy a 1777 musket. Bring the blueprint out and make them.

normal country vibes

Deepest sorrow and heartfelt condolences to families in Uvalde Texas. Gun violence is Senseless, in Buffalo, Texas, or anywhere. Don’t involve politics— our culture, our society, our laws must change. We’ve gone to war in other countries for less. Uvalde Senate GunControlNow

What has changed in America that this kind of insane violence is happening? There’s always been guns.

What else is new in America “ the best country in the world” .

Just saw the BREAKING NEWS. Omg, oh my God! 😭😭😩 Can you imagine this? Parents sent their children to school, and they're not coming back home!! America needs to do SOMETHING about their/fix gunlaws, bc I don't see this happening in any other part of the world. TexasMassacre

Something needs to be done! This can’t keep happy

There’s a lot of 18 year old like this guy be ready people

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Very sad but it's just another normal day of senseless killing in America

Republicans pass laws to ban non-existent CRT in schools, but are just fine with this.

WTF.....Kids for F these are children.......this mass shoots only happen on a weekly basis I'm only one country in the world the USA because there are I'm going to say it a bunch of sick human beings that think they can get away with whatever the F they want cause it's the USA.

Where the fuck is the 'good guy with a gun' this time? Never around when you need him.

But sure, let’s focus on controlling women’s lives & banning abortions.

All republicans should be voted out of office..

🙏Payers for the families🙏

Here we go again, Another School Shooting 15 dead. 😔 Heart Breaking. God Bless them all. But no doubt here comes the government with more gun laws against the the law abiding responsible gun owners. hold the Shooter responsible, not the gunowner or Manufacturer.

Don’t forget to post your daily dose of “islam is terrorism” and “poor Muslim women have to wear clothes”

Very heartbreaking 💔.When will America ban guns.

But seriously guys, America doesn’t have a gun problem at all, we’re totally fine

Well everyone is out of the womb so . . .

What is the reason for not putting metal detector in every school which will cost less than $2000.

The second amendment is shit.

How did he enter the school with loaded guns I can't take lunch in my kids' school without being screened & identified

Only in America! Hail the gun ... LAWS? more like the 'AK-47 FOR EVERYONE!'

How many wounded You give the death toll how about the injured

This is a shame! All of these occurrences happening here in the US including what happened on January 6th, is really what’s giving Countries like Russia and China the Audacity to do what they do. We must stop it Now!

When it comes to body counts, I’ll trust anyone but a Republican.

Absolutely horrible. Pure evil. 😢 Sad part is that events like this are just another daily story. Another day, another mass shooting. It shouldn’t be allowed to happen. But nothing will change.

Many Americans as well as the world is putting the blame right where it belongs & that is at the hands of the Republican/GOP party. This cult will not allow any gun laws pass because of the gun lobbyist says many.

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Nobody really cares what happens in enemy states. Go back to news that matters.

This is GovAbbott & TexasGOP doing. Because of them, Texas has NO gun control laws & that was the backbone to this shooting being able to happen.

GovAbbott , Who famously tweeted a complaint that Californians were buying more guns than Texans, promises ‘swift action’ and that this stuff won’t be tolerated. The shooter is already dead what ‘swift action’ did he do after the last mass shooting in Texas?

Wild Wild West Texas

Stop

It is an old tradition in the USA to kill innocent people ... Not enough dead Ukrainians yet ? ... Your kids watch series like 'Murder made me famous' on TV and after watching a porn movie of Kim Kardashian they go on the street to kill anybody who comes along the street ...

Biden are so busy with others countries and try to rules them all, but what about your own people. Killing and haunting among them. Shame on you and your govt.

Another day in america

This is becoming like a daily occurrence … like Wild Wild West.

Another day in America

But this is what they want to do in Florida. Allow everyone to have guns! Wrong button!

Wow but they want to ban abortion but they don't want to ban guns

Never raising my kids in Texas. When will this stop

As a Canadian, I’ll never forgot the shock I felt on the day of Sandy Hook. Now? I barely notice this news on my Twitter feed. Of course I still feel sadness for the victims and their families. But the shock is completely gone, this is just what happens in the USA

Such a tragedy. Beyond terrible for those directly involved. As an American loving Brit, take this from a friend, without guns you can't have a shooting. You don't need guns because us Brits aren't sending redcoats to get you anymore. Get some proper gun control.

As always, our prayers and thoughts are with the victims. Of course it doesn't mean anything and nothing will change until we get fon control laws.

mental illness is no joke & its bc of disintegrated family relationships & capitalism

This workd is so fucked up. Just dont know what goes through peoples heads man! Rip to those who lost their life

Tf is wrong with people..

HOW ARE YOU NOT COVERING THIS ON TV

This is heartbreaking it’s lil kids going to school to learn not to die. What the hell is wrong with this world!

Thoughts and prayers to all the NRA-owned politicians on this difficult day.

So fucked up

I work in school in Denver, and I spend quite a lot of time with students outside during recess and other activities. Every time, I look around at vehicles and pedestrians and ask myself 'Are they gonna shoot us this time?!'. It is nerve racking and crazy. Stop the gun craziness.

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