Fifteen people have died after a shooting at a primary school in Texas, US authorities said. DETAILS: 9News
"He shot and killed, horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 students and killed a teacher," the governor said.
The gunman was a resident of the community and entered the school with a handgun, and possibly a rifle, and opened fire, Abbott said. He said the shooter was likely killed by responding police officers but that the events were still being investigated. Uvalde Memorial Hospital said earlier that 13 children were taken by ambulance or bus to and another hospital reported a 66-year-old woman was in critical condition.It was not immediately clear how many people, in addition to the dead, were injured in the shootingThe shooting in Texas came less than two weeks after a gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 Black shoppers and workers in what officials have described as a hate crime.
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