Texas school shooting: Suspect's grandmother upgraded to good condition

Twenty-one were killed and 17 were injured in last week's mass shooting.

ByMeredith Deliso, Melissa Gaffney, Nadine El-Bawab, Morgan Winsor, Bill Hutchinson, and Emily Shapiro
Last Updated: May 25, 2022, 6:46 AM EDT

A small town in rural Texas was left reeling after a gunman opened fire at an elementary school, killing 19 children.

Two teachers were also killed in the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, according to authorities.

The alleged gunman -- identified by authorities as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, a student at Uvalde High School -- was killed by law enforcement at the scene.

The suspect allegedly shot and injured his grandmother before opening fire at the school, officials said.

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May 25, 2022, 6:46 AM EDT

Ukrainian president offers condolences to families of the victims

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered his condolences to the families of the victims of the shooting on Twitter.

"Deeply saddened by the news of the murder of innocent children in Texas. Sincere condolences to the families of the victims, the people of the US and @POTUS over this tragedy," Zelenskyy said in a tweet.

Zelenskyy added: "The people of Ukraine share the pain of the relatives and friends of the victims and all Americans."

May 25, 2022, 5:24 AM EDT

Matthew McConaughey calls for action after shooting

Actor Matthew McConaughey decried the shooting in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.

"We have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us," he wrote in a statement on Twitter.

"We cannot exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo."

May 25, 2022, 4:55 AM EDT

Amanda Gorman pens poem about shooting

The 24-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate took to Twitter following the tragedy to share a poem.

She also posted a series of tweets on gun violence.

“It takes a monster to kill children,” she wrote. “But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity -- it’s inhumanity.”

Adults comfort a girl crying outside the civic center in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022, following a shooting at an elementary school.
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May 25, 2022, 4:55 AM EDT

Biden addresses 'horrific' mass shooting

President Joe Biden addressed the nation Tuesday night following the mass shooting in Texas -- not even two weeks after he mourned victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.

"I’d hoped, when I became president, I would not have to do this again," Biden said. "Another massacre. Uvalde, Texas. An elementary school. Beautiful, second-, third-, fourth-graders."

President Joe Biden makes a statement about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, shortly after Biden returned to the White House from his trip to South Korea and Japan, May 24, 2022.
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"As a nation, we have to ask when in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby," he said. "I am sick and tired of it -- we have to act."

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