The bloodshed was the latest in a seemingly unending string of mass killings at churches, schools, stores and other sites in the United States. All Texans are grieving with the people of Uvalde and people are rightfully angry about what has happened.” “To say the least, Uvalde has been shaken to its core,” Gov. Abbott finished his prepared remarks, former presidential candidate and current gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke approached the stage and could be heard telling the governor, “You are doing nothing.” He was shouted down by the collection of speakers on stage and escorted outside.Īfter shooting, Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey says ‘we are failing’
Law enforcement officers eventually broke into the classroom and killed the gunman, who used an AR-style rifle.Īs Gov. The gunman barricaded himself in the room and “began shooting anyone that was in his way,” authorities said Wednesday. That classroom was internally connected to a second classroom, Abbott said. Then he ran into the school, entering through a backdoor, through hallways and into a classroom.
At the school, the suspect was approached by district police officers, Abbott said. When she called police, he fled and got into a crash outside the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, the governor said. Greg Abbot laid out a timeline of events that led to Tuesday’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school that took the lives of 19 children and two teachers.Ībbott said the 18-year-old gunman first shot his grandmother in the face. (NEXSTAR) – In a press conference Wednesday, Gov.