19 Students and 2 Adults, Killed by Gunman, at Texas Elementary School.<br />On May 24, an 18-year-old gunman <br />fatally shot 19 children and two adults <br />at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.<br />CNN reports that the shooter, identified <br />by Texas officials as Salvador Ramos, <br />was killed by law enforcement officers at the scene.<br />According to Texas Department of Public Safety <br />Sgt. Erick Estrada, Ramos shot his grandmother <br />before crashing a vehicle near the school. .<br />According to Texas Department of Public Safety <br />Sgt. Erick Estrada, Ramos shot his grandmother <br />before crashing a vehicle near the school. .<br />The suspect did crash near a ditch <br />nearby the school. That’s where he exited <br />his vehicle with what I believe was a rifle <br />and that’s when he attempted <br />to enter the school where he was <br />engaged by law enforcement, Sgt. Erick Estrada, Texas Department <br />of Public Safety, via CNN.<br />The suspect did crash near a ditch <br />nearby the school. That’s where he exited <br />his vehicle with what I believe was a rifle <br />and that’s when he attempted <br />to enter the school where he was <br />engaged by law enforcement, Sgt. Erick Estrada, Texas Department <br />of Public Safety, via CNN.<br />Estrada told CNN that Ramos <br />was equipped with body armor, <br />a backpack and a rifle. .<br />A spokesman for Uvalde Memorial <br />Hospital said that 13 children and a man <br />in his 40s were being treated for injuries.<br />President Joe Biden ordered U.S. flags to be <br />flown at half-staff until May 28 to honor <br />victims of this “senseless act of violence.”.<br />Fox News reports that the tragic <br />shooting in Texas marks at least <br />the 30th school shooting of 2022.<br />The other shootings have resulted in <br />at least 10 deaths and 51 injuries.<br />The May 24 school shooting is the <br />deadliest since the Sandy Hook <br />massacre in Connecticut in 2012.<br />The May 24 school shooting is the <br />deadliest since the Sandy Hook <br />massacre in Connecticut in 2012
