Fifteen people have been killed in a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. According to Gregg Abott, the state governor. The shooter was knocked out.
The dead are 14 students and a teacher, Abbott said.
Salvador Romas, the 18-year-old suspect who may have wielded two firearms, was fatally injured during the police intervention, the governor said. The shooter was himself a student of Uvalde high school. Before entering the school, he allegedly shot his grandmother and then opened fire in the building, Abbott said. The governor gave no further information about the grandmother’s condition.
Two officers were also injured in the shooting, but are not in serious condition, Abbott said during a press conference.
At 12:17 p.m. local time, the school district reported an “active gunman” at Robb Elementary School and said police were on the scene. The school has classes for children from the second to the fourth grade. Last year there were 535 children in school. Thursday would be the last day of the school year.
Authorities will provide more information later today at a press conference.
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