Several people, including children, have been killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. At least thirteen other students and two adults were also injured. The shooter then allegedly took his own life.
That reports ABC News just now. Just before that, one of the hospitals treating the injured after the shooting confirmed on Facebook that two children have died. According to ABC News It turns out that more people were killed in the incident. The station also knows, based on sources, that the shooter is no longer alive.
The district education board announced via Twitter at approximately 2.15 pm local time (9:15 pm Dutch time) that a gunman was walking around Robb primary school, which has just under six hundred students. Shots were heard outside the buildings and the possible gunman would then have holed up in the building. As a precaution, all schools in the district were closed. The public was urged not to come to the schools anymore.
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Dead and wounded
Not much later, at 1 p.m. local time, local authorities reported that the gunman had been arrested. It became clear that the wounded were being treated at several hospitals in the area, but the exact number of victims remained unknown for some time. Until just now.
According to ABC News there are said to have been several deaths, including at least two children. Thirteen other students are being treated for injuries. This also applies to a 45-year-old and a 66-year-old adult.
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Uvalde is located in Texas, about 85 miles west of San Antonio. The motive for the shooting has not yet been released.
Officers now escorted the children present to places where their parents can pick them up.
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