A gunman killed 15 people – 14 of them children – at a small Texas elementary school Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbot said the shooter walked into Robb Elementary School in Uvalde around noon Central time and opened fire with a handgun. The shooter was killed by responding police, Abbot said.
"He shot and killed, horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 students, and killed a teacher," Abbot said Monday afternoon. "He himself is deceased. It is believed that responding officers killed him."
Uvalde is a city of about 16,000 people about 80 miles west of San Antonio, and local authorities were planning a press conference Monday afternoon.
Anxious parents were reuniting with surviving children all afternoon.
Update: Death toll now stands at 18 students and one adult.
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