It was early Tuesday afternoon local time that the city authorities announced that shooting was taking place at Robb Elementary School. A large number of police officers moved out, and all schools in the area were closed. At around 20 Norwegian time, the local police confirmed that they had arrested a suspected perpetrator. Police report that the 18-year-old perpetrator is dead after being shot by the police. 21 have been killed, including 18 children and three adults, reports Texas Gov. Greg Abott. – He shot and killed 14 students and a teacher in a terrible and incomprehensible way, says Abbot. Several were injured, including two police officers. Two of the injured are a 66-year-old woman and a ten-year-old girl. This is stated by the University Hospital in San Antonio on Twitter. President Joe Biden is informed about the shooting and will follow the further development. Unclear motive It is not yet known what the motive for the shooting is. According to ABC, the police state that the US National Anti-Terrorism Center says the perpetrator has no known terrorist connection. Pete Arredondo, police chief in Uvalde, says in a statement to the press that the investigation so far shows that the perpetrator acted alone. According to Abbot, the perpetrator was Salvador Romas, an 18-year-old man who lived in Uvalde. It is believed that he left his car and went to primary school with a gun. He may also have had a rifle, but it has not been confirmed yet, the governor reports. Abbott also says that Roma shot his grandmother before he went to primary school. It is unclear what condition the grandmother is in. Immediately last school day Robb Elementary School has about 475 students, according to their website. The students at the school go to second, third and fourth grade. About 90 percent of the school’s students are Hispanic and about 80 percent of them are from low-income families. Thursday this week should be the last school day before the summer holidays. All activities and events at all schools in the area have been canceled after the shooting. The small town of Uvalde has about 16,000 inhabitants and is located 135 kilometers west of San Antonio, in the far south of Texas. The shooting in Uvalde is school shooting number 27 so far this year in the US, according to NPR. It is also the deadliest in the United States this year. The incident comes just ten days after the shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, where ten people were killed.
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