Governor Greg Abbott said that a gunman opened fire Tuesday morning on a Texas elementary school killing 14 students and one teacher. Greg Abbott said.

He said that the suspected shooter was likely to have been carrying a rifle and a handgun.

Abbott stated in a briefing that it is possible for him to have abandoned his car and entered the Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, with a handgun. He may also have had a gun.

The governor stated that he had shot 14 students to death and one teacher.

On Tuesday afternoon, the incident had ended. According to authorities, the suspect shooter was 18 years old.

According to initial accounts, 13 children were initially taken to Uvalde Memorial Hospital’s emergency room after the Robb Elementary shooting. Facebook statement and hospital CEO Tom Nordwick. The CEO stated that two of the three were transferred, and another is in process.

Nordwick also stated that the hospital had already declared two deceased patients. The names of the deceased and their ages have not been released.

University Health tweeted that they were treating a child as well as a woman aged 66 who are listed in critical condition. We don’t know the current condition of the baby.

University Health spokeswoman said that she cannot confirm whether the victims are actually shooting victims but stated that their injuries were related to shooting at the school.

According to the Uvalde Police Department, the suspect shooter was arrested just before 1 p.m. local. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, nearly half of the city’s residents are not English-speaking. The school provides second and fourth grades.

Within an hour of Uvalde Consolidated International School District’s announcement on Twitter about “an active shooter at the elementary school,” news broke that the suspect had been captured.

“Law enforcement are on-site. You can help us by not going to the campus. “As soon as we have more information, it will be shared,” said the tweet.

According to police’s post on Facebook, the public was advised to avoid this area.

Police and school officials said that students were being transported to Uvalde high School in order to reunite with their parents. The district requested that parents do not pick up their children. The district updated the status by saying that students will not be picked up until they are all accounted for.

Thursday is the district’s final day of school.

Following the shoot, it was filmed. new FBI statistics released Monday showed active shooter incidents in 2021 surged by more than 50 percent from 2020 and nearly 97 percent from 2017.

Uvalde can be found more than 83 miles from San Antonio.

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