Category: Texas

Mother of Accused Texas School Shooter Speaks Out

The mother of accused 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos who killed 19 students and two teachers in Texas said he wasn’t a violent person but suggested he was a loner who kept to himself. “My son wasn’t a violent person. I’m surprised by what he did,” Adriana Reyes, the mother, told the Daily Mail on Wednesday….


Border Patrol Officer Killed Texas School Shooter: Governor

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…


Beto O’Rourke Removed From Texas Governor’s News Conference About School Shooting

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke was escorted out of Gov. Greg Abbott’s news conference on a school shooting that left 19 children dead. O’Rourke, a Democrat, started yelling at Abbott during the press conference on Wednesday about gun control laws. He was immediately branded an “embarrassment” by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Don McLaughlin, the mayor of…


Texas Elementary School Shooter Posted to Facebook 3 Times Before Massacre: Governor

UVALDE, Texas—The man who killed 19 children in an elementary school on May 24 posted thrice to Facebook before arriving at the facility, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday. About 30 minutes before Salvador Ramos, 18, entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire, he wrote on social media, “I’m going to shoot my grandmother.” Another post, minutes later,…


Texas Elementary School Shooter Gave Little Warning: Governor

UVALDE, Texas—The man who killed 19 children in an elementary school on May 24 posted thrice to Facebook before arriving at the facility, Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday. About 30 minutes before Salvador Ramos, 18, entered Robb Elementary School and opened fire, he wrote on social media, “I’m going to shoot my grandmother.” Another post, minutes later,…


Students as Young as 8, 4th Grade Teacher Identified as Victims in Texas School Shooting

After it was confirmed that a gunman shot and killed 19 children and one adult at a Texas elementary school, family members have begun to confirm the identities of the victims. Manny Renfro said he got word Tuesday that his grandson, 8-year-old Uziyah Garcia, was among those killed. “The sweetest little boy that I’ve ever…


LIVE: Texas Gov. Abbott Gives Update on Mass Shooting Investigation

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will hold a press conference following an update briefing on the state’s coordinated response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. ET. The governor will be joined by Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, state House Speaker Dade Phelan, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas),…


‘FBI’ Season Finale Pulled After Texas Deadly Shooting

LOS ANGELES—CBS pulled the season finale of “FBI” after a deadly elementary school shooting in Texas. The network said Tuesday that it will not air the show’s season four finale titled “Prodigal Son.” The decision was made by CBS after a gunman killed at least 19 students at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Authorities…


Police Recount Disturbing Details of Texas Elementary School Shooting

Every student who was killed in a mass shooting in Texas on Tuesday was in the same classroom, according to a law enforcement official. Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety told the”Today Show” and CNN on Wednesday that the child victims were in the same fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School in…


What We Know so Far About Salvador Ramos, Alleged Texas School Mass Shooter

The 18-year-old suspect who allegedly shot and killed 19 children at a Texas school allegedly messaged a stranger, saying: “I’m about to” hours before Tuesday’s incident. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott identified Ramos as the suspect of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday afternoon. He was slain by law enforcement officials,…