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On May 24, 2022, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos opened fire at [[Robb Elementary School]] in [[Uvalde, Texas]], United States, killing 21 people. Earlier that day, Ramos shot and wounded his grandmother.<ref name="LATimesInfo"/> Of the people fatally shot, 19 were children and two were adults.<ref name="WYFFInfo" /><ref name="CNNInfo" /> Ramos was killed after a shootout with police. |
On May 24, 2022, 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos opened fire at [[Robb Elementary School]] in [[Uvalde, Texas]], United States, killing 21 people. Earlier that day, Ramos shot and wounded his grandmother.<ref name="LATimesInfo"/> Of the people fatally shot, 19 were children and two were adults.<ref name="WYFFInfo" /><ref name="CNNInfo" /> Ramos was killed after a shootout with police. |
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The attack is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history,<ref name="CBCDeathCount" /> and the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. elementary school since the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] in 2012.<ref name="LATimesInfo" /> |
The attack is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history,<ref name="CBCDeathCount" /> and the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. elementary school since the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] in 2012.<ref name="LATimesInfo" /> |
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Robb Elementary School shooting | |
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Location | Robb Elementary School 715 Old Carrizo Road Uvalde, Texas, U.S. |
Coordinates | 29°11′58″N 99°47′18″W / 29.19944°N 99.78833°W |
Date | May 24, 2022UTC−05:00) | (
Attack type | School shooting, mass shooting, pedicide |
Weapons | Handgun, possibly a rifle |
Deaths | 22 (including the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | Salvador Rolando Ramos |
Motive | Unknown |
On May 24, 2022, 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos opened fire at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, killing 21 people. Earlier that day, Ramos shot and wounded his grandmother.[1] Of the people fatally shot, 19 were children and two were adults.[2][3] Ramos was killed after a shootout with police.
The attack is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history,[4] and the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. elementary school since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012.[1]
Background
Uvalde is a Latino-majority city[5] of about 16,000 people in the South Texas region; it is located about 60 miles (100 km) from the United States–Mexico border and about 85 miles (135 km) from San Antonio. Robb Elementary School is 90% Hispanic, and roughly 81% of the student population comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.[6] The school serves about 600 second through fourth grade students in Uvalde, a city that is nearly half non-English speaking.[7][8]
The school district reportedly had multiple security measures in place at the time of the shooting, including four officers working within the school district and a security staff that patrolled door entrances and parking lots at secondary campuses. Many other measures were utilized as well.[9]
Shooting
Prior to the shooting, the perpetrator, 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos, a resident of Uvalde and a student at Uvalde High School, reportedly shot and wounded his grandmother at their home in Uvalde;[10][11] she is currently in critical condition.[12]
After crashing his car outside of the school, Ramos–who, according to police, was wearing body armor while carrying a handgun, an AR-15 style rifle, and high capacity magazines–is estimated to have entered the school at around 11:30 a.m. CDT.[10][13][14][15] The Uvalde CISD Police Chief estimated that the shooting began two minutes later, and according to a Facebook post by the school, the school was placed on lockdown at 11:43 a.m. in response to gunshots in the neighborhood.[16] At 1:17 p.m., the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District sent out a message on Twitter that there was an active shooter at the elementary school.[17]
Later reports indicated Ramos was also dead[18] and had been killed by responding law enforcement.[13][1] Police confirmed Ramos had acted alone.[19]
Victims
Two victims of the shooting died upon arriving to Uvalde Memorial Hospital.[20] Governor Greg Abbott said in a conference later that fourteen students and a teacher had been killed.[21] The deceased teacher was identified by her family as a fourth-grade teacher.[22]
Uvalde Memorial Hospital CEO Tom Nordwick indicated that 13 children had been taken to the hospital, and that at least three wounded individuals had been or were to be transferred.[7] Several other victims were taken to the University Hospital in San Antonio.[12] Three injured victims were in "serious condition" while hospitalized, as of May 24.[23] Governor Abbott said two officers were struck by bullets but had no serious injuries.[24]
The deceased children were reported as being in grades two, three, and four; i.e., aged between seven and ten.[25]
Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were reported to be in Uvalde, assisting local police in the investigation of the shooting.[3][26]
Aftermath
The school district initially asked parents to not pick up their children until after all students had been accounted for, causing for parents to be notified to pick up their children around 2:00 p.m. Additionally all district and campus activities were canceled and parents of the other schools were asked to pick their children up as school bus transportation had been canceled.[9] The South Texas Blood and Tissue Center issued an urgent request for blood donations after the shooting and sent 15 units of blood to Uvalde via helicopter to be used in area hospitals.[27] School district superintendent Hal Harrell announced that night in a letter sent to parents that the school year had concluded for the entire district, including a planned graduation ceremony. The school year had been previously scheduled for that Thursday[28] Television network CBS pulled the fourth season finale of FBI that was to air that night, which involved a fictional school shooting as a plot point.[29]
Responses
Representatives for President Joe Biden, who was returning to the United States from a trip to Asia, announced that he had been briefed on the shooting and that he would be making public remarks later that evening after arriving back home.[30][31] Following the shooting, Biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.[32] Biden reportedly spoke with Abbott aboard Air Force One.[33] Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the shooting at a Tuesday event and called for policy changes to ensure it never happens again.[34] During Biden's speech address of the shooting, he said: "As a nation we have to ask when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby" and "I am sick and tired of it -- we have to act."[35]
Several U.S. senators offered their condolences. Senator Mitch McConnell tweeted that the shooting left him "horrified and heartbroken",[36] and Senator Susan Collins described the shooting as "unbelievably tragic and horrible".[37] Senator Ted Cruz called the shooting "yet another act of evil and mass murder" and offered his prayers to the families and children affected by the shooting and that the country has seen "too many of these shootings". Additionally, Cruz claimed that some politicians would politicize the shooting to push for stricter gun reforms.[38][39] Users on social media accused him of hypocrisy for accepting money from gun activists and for planning to speak at an upcoming NRA annual meeting with Senator John Cornyn and Governor Abbott.[40] Gun control activist and father of a Parkland shooting victim, Manuel Oliver, issued a statement expressing his outrage about the shooting and said that the families of the victims do not need the thoughts and prayers of politicians; instead, "they need their kids."[41]
The attack also received condemnation from former presidents Bill Clinton[34] and Barack Obama,[42] as well as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[43]
See also
- List of mass shootings in the United States in 2022
- List of school shootings in the United States
- List of shootings in Texas
- Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District
References
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