Officials say a gunman killed 19 children at a Texas elementary school Tuesday in the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
"This was a tragic and senseless event today, and my heart was broke today," said Hal Harrell, the school system superintendent, who said at a news conference that grief counselors would be available and classes were canceled for the year."We're a small community and we'll need your prayers to get us through this.
Uvalde is a city of about 16,000 people about 85 miles west of San Antonio. The shooting came four years after a gunman fatally shot 10 people at Santa Fe High School in the Houston area. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus issued a statement following the shooting late Tuesday.
It was not immediately clear how many people, in addition to the dead, were injured in the shooting. Arredondo said there were “several injuries.” "Families are being notified and we are providing services to them," he said of those who lost children."We want to keep all our families in the prayers."Federal Bureau of Investigation were on scene Tuesday afternoon.
Earlier, the district said that all schools in the district were locked down because of gunshots in the area.There were 249 shootings on school grounds last year – more than any other year since at least 1970 – and 137 so far this year, said David Riedman, lead researcher at the K-12 School Shooting Database at the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security.
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