Gunman kills 19 children in Texas school rampage

25/5/2022 12:24

        An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade and the latest gruesome moment for a country scarred by a string of massacres. The attacker was killed by law enforcement.
        
        The death toll also included two adults, authorities said. Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two was a teacher.
        
        The assault at Robb Elementary School in the heavily Latino town of Uvalde was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.
        
        Hours after the attack, families were still awaiting word on their children.