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: January 19, 2023, 4:57 PM EST

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 31, 2022, 12:29 PM EDT

Small group of bipartisan senators to speak Tuesday on gun reform

Even though Congress is on recess, a small group of bipartisan senators will meet by Zoom Tuesday afternoon to speak about gun control, multiple sources told ABC News.

The meeting is expected to include Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.; Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas; Sen. Tom Tillis, R-N.C.; and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.

The meeting is not expected to include every senator who is part of the bipartisan talks. Discussion with the larger group is expected later this week.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and Allie Pecorin

May 31, 2022, 12:23 PM EDT

Biden says he'll meet with Congress on gun reform

President Joe Biden said to reporters Tuesday: "I will meet with the Congress on guns." Biden didn’t provide more details or say when the meeting would happen.

Biden addressed his visit to Uvalde, saying, "I was down in Texas and people sat in a room, about 250 of them in a large room with me for almost four hours, nobody left ... until I spoke to every single person in that room. Every single person. They waited to the very end."

PHOTO: Raquel Martinez, comforts her two daughters while her husband, Daniel Martinez, comforts their sons outside Robb Elementary School, on May 26, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Raquel Martinez, comforts her two daughters while her husband, Daniel Martinez, comforts their sons outside Robb Elementary School, on May 26, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Martinez and her four children stayed home for days, holding each other. They're scared, she said. Her two daughters, 15 and 11 years old, stood crying at a memorial. They'd both been taught by the two teachers who died, Irma Garcia and Eva Mireles.
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People gather at a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, May 30, 2022, to pay their respects to the victims killed in last week's school shooting.
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-ABC News' Ben Gittleson

May 30, 2022, 6:08 PM EDT

Uvalde city council meeting canceled, mayor says

The Uvalde City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled so community members can continue to grieve, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin announced.

"Our focus on Tuesday is on our families who lost loved ones," McLaughlin said in a statement Monday. "We begin burying our children tomorrow, the innocent victims of last week’s murder at Robb Elementary School."

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw, center, prays with pastor Gabriel Davila and wife, Sylvia, outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 30, 2022.
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McLaughlin reiterated that the investigation into the shooting is being conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, saying that statements made by Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Saturday that he was "not told the truth" about the timeline of events during the shooting are not true.

"Local law enforcement has not made any public comments about the specifics of the investigation into the incident or mislead anyone," McLaughlin said.

McLaughlin also thanked the U.S. Department of Justice for accepting his request to conduct an independent review of law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting, adding that the families of the victims “deserve answers, and the truth will be told.”

-ABC News' Jenna Harrison

May 30, 2022, 4:50 PM EDT

Bipartisan gun reform talks continue

Bipartisan talks to reform gun safety laws are continuing even though members of Congress are out on recess.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters in San Antonio Monday, "We’re already having those discussions in person and on the phone. Look forward to meeting on Tuesday through a Zoom call to try to see if we can agree on a basic framework about how we go forward."

Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw, center, prays with pastor Gabriel Davila and wife, Sylvia, outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 30, 2022.
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Cornyn’s Democrat counterpart, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, tweeted that he spoke with senators from both parties Monday "trying to find the common denominator on a gun violence bill."

"Senator Schumer has given us just over a week to find a compromise. This time, failure cannot be an option," Murphy tweeted.

-ABC News' Trish Turner