The state governor said 14 children and a teacher were shot dead by an 18-year-old who opened fire at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday before he was shot dead by police, the state governor said. announcement tonight.
Gov. Greg Abbott told a press conference that the attacker “in a horrific and unfathomable way shot 14 students and one teacher.”
He added that the suspect, who lives in the area, “died (…) It is believed that the policemen who took part in (the operation) killed him.”
Local police initially reported an arrest of a suspect following a shooting at Robb Elementary School in the small town of Yuvaldi, about 130 kilometers east of San Antonio.
Yuvaldi Hospital said on Facebook that 13 children were transferred to a medical facility for treatment, noting that two people arrived dead.
Shooting in the US is a chronic scourge, and every time an incident of this kind occurs, the country reopens the discussion about the outbreak of firearms, but there is no progress on this front.
Many Americans refuse to give up their constitutional right to own a firearm.
In Washington, the White House said US President Biden had been notified of the shooting in Texas, indicating that the president would issue a statement on the tragedy on Tuesday evening.
