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At least 18 people killed by active shooter in Uvalde


A gunman killed 19 children at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday in the deadliest mass shooting at an elementary school in the US. since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

Wearing body armor and firing hundreds of rounds, the 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, said Lt Chris Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety. A U.S. Border Protection agent, one of several responders at the scene, fatally shot the gunman, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told USA TODAY on Tuesday night.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada said the gunman also shot his grandmother before driving to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where he was armed with a rifle and overpowered a school officer. Estrada said the woman was taken to the hospital and is in critical condition.





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