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   From: bksherman@latimes.com   
      
   In article    
   Mark Levine  wrote:   
   >   
   > At least 19 children and two adults were killed when a gunman opened fire   
   > at an elementary school in Texas, authorities said Tuesday. Authorities   
   > said the shooter was killed on the scene by law enforcement officials.   
   >   
   > "The updated numbers that they gave me, as of now, they told me 19   
   > students, two adults, and then we also have the shooter that was   
   > deceased," Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Erick Estrada told CNN's   
   > Don Lemon Tuesday night.   
   >   
   > Authorities said the shooter entered Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, at   
   > approximately 11:32 a.m. local time, after shooting his grandmother and   
   > crashing his vehicle near the school. An official from the Texas   
   > Department of Public Safety said that upon entering the school, the   
   > shooter fired at "children, teachers, whoever was in his way."   
   >   
   > "He was shooting everybody," the official said.   
      
   No he wasn't.  If he was everybody would be dead.   
      
   > Estrada said on CNN that the grandmother was in critical condition as of   
   > Tuesday night.   
   >   
   > The suspect, who was wearing body armor, exchanged fire with law   
   > enforcement officials and multiple officers were shot, the official said.   
   > The suspect was eventually fatally shot on the scene.   
   >   
   > Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the shooter was an 18-year-old male who   
   > resided in Uvalde, which is about an hour and a half west of San Antonio.   
   > He said the suspect, who he named as Salvador Ramos, abandoned his   
   > vehicle, then entered the school with a handgun and possibly a rifle and   
   > "horrifically, incomprehensibly" opened fire.   
   >   
   > Two law enforcement sources told CBS News that the suspect had a handgun,   
   > an AR-15 assault weapon and high capacity magazines.   
      
   The AR-15 is not an assault weapon.   
      
   > The school teaches 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students, according to Uvalde   
   > CISD Police Chief Pedro Arredondo.   
   >   
   > Arredondo confirmed the suspect is dead and said investigators believe he   
   > acted alone.   
   >   
   > President Biden condemned the shooting in an address Tuesday night.   
      
   Biden is an idiot.   
      
   > "I had hoped when I became president I would not have to do this — again,"   
   > the president said. "Another massacre. Uvalde, Texas. An elementary   
   > school. Beautiful, innocent second, third and fourth graders. And how many   
   > scores of little children who witnessed what happened — see their friends   
   > die, as if they're in a battlefield, for God's sake. They'll live with it   
   > the rest of their lives."   
   >   
   > CBS News has learned that Customs and Border Protection agents were among   
   > the members of law enforcement that exchanged gunfire with the shooter.   
   > One CBP agent was shot in the head. That agent has been hospitalized and   
   > is in stable condition.   
   >   
   > "U.S. Border Patrol Agents responded to a law enforcement request for   
   > assistance regarding an active shooter situation inside Robb Elementary   
   > School in Uvalde. Upon entering the building, agents and other law   
   > enforcement officers faced gunfire from the subject, who was barricaded   
   > inside," Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Marsha Catron   
   > Espinosa told CBS News in a statement.   
      
   If the Border Patrol had been allowed to do their jobs, this   
   Mexican would still be in Mexico.   
      
   > The Uvalde Memorial Hospital previously said it received 13 children from   
   > ambulance and buses for treatment, and that two people who arrived at the   
   > hospital were deceased. A second hospital said it is caring for a 66-year-   
   > old woman and a 10-year-old girl, both in critical condition, a 10-year-   
   > old girl in good condition, and a 9-year-old girl in fair condition.   
   > Another hospital said it was caring for two adults, also both in critical   
   > condition.   
   >   
   > South Texas Blood and Tissue said it sent 15 units of blood to Uvalde on   
   > Tuesday.   
   >   
   > At approximately 2:00 p.m. local time, the district said parents were   
   > cleared to pick up their children at the local civic center.   
   >   
   > Pat Milton contributed reporting.   
   >   
   > https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/texas-elementary-school-shooting-   
   > robb-elementary-uvalde/   
      
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