Texas: An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 school children and two adults at a Texas elementary school, officials said. The attacker was killed by a Border Patrol agent who rushed to the school without waiting for backup, according to a law enforcement official.
The assault at Robb Elementary School in the heavily Latino town of Uvalde was the deadliest shooting at a US school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012.
Officials identified the assailant as Salvador Ramos, a resident of the community. Law enforcement officials said he acted alone. Uvalde is home to about 16,000 people. Robb Elementary has 600 students in second, third and fourth grades. Before heading to the school, Ramos shot his grandmother. Officials said that the grandmother survived and was being treated.
The attack began after the gunman crashed his car outside the school and ran into the building. A resident who heard the crash called 911, and two local police officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter. Both officers were shot. One Border Patrol agent rushed into the school and shot and killed the gunman. The agent was wounded.
