As the first casualties are identified, the US president demands for stricter gun legislation.
Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old guy, opened fire in a Texas school shooting, according to authorities. At least 19 pupils and two adults were slain at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, roughly 85 miles west of San Antonio and near the Mexican border.
Ramos was shot and died, according to police. The motivation was unclear at the time, although it is assumed he acted alone. According to Texas state senator Roland Gutierrez, the suspect shot his grandma in the morning at her house. Sergeant Erick Estrada told CNN that she is in serious condition in the hospital.
Gutierrez informed reporters that the alleged gunman acquired two guns on his 18th birthday. A business in Uvalde County is said to have sold two assault-style firearms. “That was the first thing he did on his 18th birthday,” Gutierrez added, noting that the gunman had hinted at a possible assault on social media. “He advised the students to be cautious,” he stated.
Eva Mireles, a fourth-grade teacher, has been identified as one of the adults slain in the incident. Her aunt said in a statement to ABC News, “I’m enraged that these shootings continue.” “These kids are really innocent.” Rifles should not be freely accessible to the general public.”
Student victims’ names began to surface. After communicating with family members, the Associated Press reported that Uziyah Garcia, eight, and Xavier Javier Lopez, ten, had been slain. According to ABC news, Amerie Jo Garza, a 10-year-old girl, was one of the children slain.
Joe Biden delivered a speech to the country on Tuesday night, just after returning from a five-day trip to Asia. “It’s time to put this anguish into action,” the president said in an impassioned speech, pushing for “common sense” gun laws.
Parents of schoolchildren have been forced to wait in a parking lot for hours to learn that their children had died after being swabbed for DNA.
In the aftermath of the deaths at Robb Elementary Texas school shooting, the relatives of those slain in the Sandy Hook elementary school tragedy have urged for action on gun control.
Steve Kerr, the NBA coach, had an emotional pre-game news conference in which he spoke about the events in Texas. He singled out lawmakers for neglecting to act on gun regulation in order to save their seats in Congress, using the recent incident in Buffalo as an example.
In the wake of a tragedy that drew immediate comparisons to the Sandy Hook massacre, where 20 first graders and six educators were killed by an 18-year-old man armed with an AR-15-type rifle, a number of lawmakers and public figures spoke out on Tuesday, calling for action on gun control legislation.
“Nearly 10 years after Sandy Hook – and ten days after Buffalo,” former President Barack Obama stated in a series of tweets, “our country is immobilised, not by fear, but by a gun lobby and a political party that have demonstrated no willingness to act in any manner that would help avoid these tragedies.”
Senator Chris Murphy, who represented Sandy Hook in Congress, pleaded with his colleagues to adopt legislation to address the country’s gun violence epidemic. “What exactly are we doing here?” Murphy explained. “I’m here on this floor to implore my colleagues to physically go down on their hands and knees to beg them.” Look for a way ahead here. Work with us to pass legislation that makes this less likely.”
Robb Elementary School will be closed and all school activities will be cancelled until further notice, according to Hal Harrell, superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. Grief counsellors will be available beginning Wednesday morning, according to Harrell. “Today, my heart is crushed,” Harrell said. “Because we’re such a tiny town, we’ll need your prayers to get through this.”
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