At Least 18 Students, One Teacher Dead After Shooting At Texas Elementary School
May 25, 2022 | Texas
Eighteen students and one teacher are reportedly dead after a Texas school district reported an off-campus active shooter that shut down an elementary school.
A co-anchor for Eyewitness News tweeted that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed that 14 children and one teacher were killed in the shooting, including the gunman. The death toll rose to 18 children later in the evening, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District reported an active shooter Tuesday, May 24, at Robb Elementary School, according to The Associated Press. A suspect was taken to custody, police told ABC News, though the Uvalde Police Department did not immediately provide more information.
Uvalde Memorial Hospital said “several students” are in the emergency department. University Health in San Antonio said two patients were being treated.
Two are reportedly dead after the shooting at the elementary school, a spokesperson from Uvalde Memorial Hospital told CNN…. (Excerpt from The Daily Caller)
