The horrific shooting undertaken at a Uvalde, Tex. school claimed the lives of 21 people, 19 elementary school students and two adults, all of whom were massacred in the same classroom. The shooter was killed on the scene.
The shooter, who ran into the school after crashing his truck, barricaded himself in the classroom and began shooting indiscriminately, NBC reports. The shooter, it turns out, had been previously known to local law enforcement. He had purchased the weapons used in the massacre, and the ammunition, shortly after his 18th birthday. Prior to approaching the school, he shot his grandmother in the face.
NEW: TX State Senator John Whitmire tells @FoxNews per ATF briefing he received, the Uvalde shooter legally purchased two AR style rifles at a local federal firearms licensee on 5/17 & 5/20.
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 25, 2022
On 5/18, bought 375 rounds of 5.56 ammo.
Seven 30 round magazines found inside school.
Officers engaged the shooter in the classroom before an off-duty border patrol agent made his way to the shooter and was able to kill him. That unnamed agent sustained injuries during the attack.
All the victims have been identified, and their families informed. Those who were killed are teachers Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, along with students Xavier Javier Lopez, Amerie Jo Garza, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, Uziyah Garcia, Eliahana Cruz Torres, and Jose Flores. Other names have not yet been released. All the children were under 10 years old.
#BREAKING @LtChrisOlivarez says overnight—All victims have been identified and parents have been notified.
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) May 25, 2022
19 children and 2 teachers were killed—LT Olivarez says law enforcement officers were met w/gunfire by the shooter & says the suspect barricaded himself inside a classroom. pic.twitter.com/U1iMAirxpV
Those who were injured but not deceased were also in the same classroom as the 19 children who were murdered. A 10-year-old girl is in critical condition, along with a 66-year-old woman. Another 10-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl are both in good condition. Of the 14 patients who arrived at Uvalde Memorial Hospital with injuries, four children have been released, but two were pronounced dead on arrival.
Do you know why it took long to release the names of the victims?
— Melani Taylor??Resister (@Melanitaylor88) May 25, 2022
because parents were lining up to give DNA swabs to help identify the remains of their children
because most of them were unrecognizable. My heart aches for their families#TexasSchoolMassacre #Fresh #Uvalde pic.twitter.com/aCk3ShEytI
Outpourings of grief flooded social media in the wake of the massacre, from family members who are left bereft, forced to go on without their loved ones.
i hope you didn’t feel any pain. i hope you know how loved you are. i’m so sorry i forgot to say good morning today. I love you always and forever baby sister. pic.twitter.com/WpIVRPgUyf
— Jazmin Cazares (@jazlikescheese) May 25, 2022
My baby sister has finally been found in a classroom…thank you for everyone sending their love to my family and I ? All I ask is that you hug your loved ones tonight and tell them you love them, you never know when you won’t have the chance to anymore#EnoughIsEnough pic.twitter.com/1dKuIwdav7
— kadence elizabeth (@kkadence_) May 25, 2022
My tia did not make it, she sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom, i beg of you to keep my family including all of her family in y’all’s prayers , IRMA GARCIA IS HER NAME and she died a HERO. she was loved by many and will truly be missed.???? pic.twitter.com/zM54TbooZZ
— Joey.mtz (@Joeymtz4) May 25, 2022
REST IN PEACE, UZIYAH GARCIA.
— WFAA (@wfaa) May 25, 2022
The 8-year-old died in the Uvalde elementary school shooting. His grandfather, Manny Renfro, shared this photo of him with AP.
"The sweetest little boy that I've ever known," Renfro said.
What we know about the victims: https://t.co/mQ8EkzyCGU pic.twitter.com/GptHKF76wo
my baby cousin was found, she was in heaven.. thank you to everyone who said a prayer for me and my family tonight when most needed. just yesterday i was pretending to fight you when we walked your school, i know you are in heaven throwing a softball with wela.. love u princess?? pic.twitter.com/nQizdDi25w
— Cinco (@leocadioo_) May 25, 2022
Eva Mireles is one of two teachers who were killed.
— Adriana De Alba (@adealbaWFAA) May 25, 2022
She was a mom and a wife. She loved hiking.
She had been with the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District for 17 years. @wfaa pic.twitter.com/hVa2XRZ6Lx
Amerie Jo Garza was in 4th grade.
— Adriana De Alba (@adealbaWFAA) May 25, 2022
Her dad Angel Garza says she just turned 10 two weeks ago.
He begged people to help find her for hours yesterday, then he learned she was among the victims killed.
“I will never be happy or complete again,” he says. @wfaa pic.twitter.com/hdWC729E1p
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