Grief has engulfed the Texas city of Uvalde as more details emerged about the school shooting that saw 21 people killed. Nineteen children aged between eight and 11 and two teachers were shot dead by a teenager who had bought two AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles just days before, after his 18th birthday.
All of the those who died were in the same classroom - but gunman Salvador Ramos had already shot his grandmother, and fired at a number of other people by this point. He had also sent a number of messages stating his intention to kill.
Onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas primary school where a gunman’s rampage, witnesses said. It comes as as investigators worked to track the massacre that lasted upwards of 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old assailant was killed by a Border Patrol team.
