Posted on 05/24/2022 8:00:02 PM PDT by Morgana
The death toll from Tuesday's shooting at a Texas elementary school has risen to 19 students and two teachers - all murdered by an 18-year-old gunman.
The gunman was shot dead by a heroic Border Patrol agent who ran into the school with a tactical support team and killed him while he was barricaded inside, and exchanging gunfire with other Texas law enforcement officers.
The gunman, Salvador Ramos - wearing body armor, equipped with a handgun and possibly a rifle - shot his grandmother before entering the school and opening fire, said Governor Greg Abbott.
The grandmother was airlifted to hospital and her condition was unknown.
One of the teachers was named by her family as Eva Mireles, 44. The second has not been named.
Ramos, who was born in North Dakota but lived in Uvalde, was a student at Uvalde High School, Abbott said.
Ramos's young victims were aged between seven and 11, CNN's Ed Lavandera reported.
On Tuesday night the father of 10-year-old Annabelle Guadalupe Rodriguez said that she was still missing.
'He shot and killed - horrifically and incomprehensibly - 14 students and killed a teacher,' Abbott said at a press briefing. The death toll was later revised to 18 children.
'There are families that are in mourning right now. And the state of Texas is in mourning with them.'
It was the deadliest such incident since 14 high school students and three adult staff were killed in Parkland, Florida in 2018 - and the worst at an elementary school since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut, in which 20 children and six staff were killed.
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He telegraphed this on Instagram 2 days before. Gun control is not the issue
HE is
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WAUKESHA
Joe,
Tell us about Waukesha
I hope Kamala denounces this racist CBP officer. Instead of firing/protecting he should have sought to understand the reasons behind the illegal shooting.
The “gunman” is transgender—the reporter has a cancellation in their future—wrong noun!
While the death toll of students and teachers is horrific, I am relieved to read of the actions of the CBP agent and tactical team in the deadly intervention that stopped the shooter. Decisive action applied with vigorous force will generally provide the better outcome than an interminable wait to gather every scrap of intel. Columbine CO should have taught that lesson well yet action is still delayed too often.
are you serious?
Incredibly sad. I can’t imagine the suffering these families are going through right now.
I would have thought he was born in Texas.
I would have never guessed North Dakota.
gunperson, guntranny, gunboychick
I don’t know.
Well, it depends on whether the Woke Mob wants to enforce their transgender pronoun rules or not.
;-)
Yes, he is serious.
"gunperson, guntranny, gunboychick"
What kind of chicken*hit goes in with body armor and shoots little kids? There had to have been signs - we need to bring back State Mental Institutions. Put our tax dollars into something worthwhile instead of welfare and support for illegals.
A mentally ill tranny. Well shows we were correct all along.
Pussy with a gun works too
The targeted school was a GFZ, as expected. Zero provision for teachers or staff to carry.
They’re only using North Dakota bit to make him sound white
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Aren’t we supposed to be yelling for them to release the BodyCam footage?
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I don’t understand. We’re the cops not right behind him?
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