Dallas News
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 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, according to Travis Considine, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Gov. Greg Abbott said one of the two was a teacher.
The massacre at Robb Elementary School in the heavily Latino town of Uvalde was the second-deadliest U.S. school shooting on record. A gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., almost a decade ago.
Hours after the attack, families were still awaiting word on their children.
Outside the town civic center, where families were told to gather, the silence was broken repeatedly by screams and wailing. “No! Please, no!” one man yelled as he embraced another man.
“My heart is broken today,” said Hal Harrell, the school district superintendent, announcing that all school activities were canceled until further notice. “We’re a small community and we’re going to need your prayers to get through this…
