A Border Patrol officer killed the Uvalde elementary school shooter on Tuesday, said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at a news conference.
“Officers with the Consolidated Independent School District (ISD) approached the gunman and engaged with the gunman,” the Republican governor said. “The gunman then entered a back door and then went down two short hallways and then into a classroom on the left-hand side.”
The gunman, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, then went into a classroom, which was connected to another classroom and opened fire, Abbott said. Ramos is accused of killing at least 19 children and two adults.
“Border Patrol, Consolidated ISD officers, police, sheriffs, and DPS (Texas Department of Public Safety) officers converged on that classroom. And a Border Patrol officer killed the gunman,” Abbott said….