On May 25, 18 children and a teacher were killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, officials confirmed. At least nine other children were reportedly injured.
Robb Elementary School teaches grades 2 through 4 and the students are generally aged between 7 and 10 years. The school teaches 90 percent Hispanic students and 81 percent are considered economically disadvantaged, according to state data. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement that gunman Salvador Ramos, 18, “horrifically, incomprehensibly shot and killed 14 students and a teacher.” The shooter is also suspected of killing his grandmother. The shooter himself is deceased and responding officers are believed to have killed him, Abbott added.
The tragedy marks the 27th shooting at a K-12 school since early 2022, meaning there has been a mass shooting approximately every 5.3 days this year. It comes just over a week after 10 people were killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY. A day later, one person died and five people were injured in a shooting at a church in California.
Politicians, public figures and celebrities have already begun speaking out about the latest in a series of senseless, entirely preventable tragedies. Read their statements ahead.
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