19 children, 2 adults killed after shooter opens fire at Texas school

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, a gunman opened fire in a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, killing at least 19 students and two teachers.

Gov. Greg Abbott stated during a news conference that the accused shooter, who had a handgun and a rifle, was also slain when law officers met him at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, some 83 miles west of San Antonio.

Abbott said, “It is believed that he abandoned his vehicle, then entered into the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a handgun, and he may have also had a rifle.”

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In addition to the alleged gunman, 19 students and two teachers were slain, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Multiple survivors were being treated at regional hospitals; the precise number was not announced.

Lt. Chris Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the suspect shot his grandmother, who was hospitalized in critical condition before he drove toward the school.

After he apparently crashed nearby, he went to the campus and opened fire, Olivarez said in a news conference at the scene.