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Texas gunman: ‘I’m going to shoot an elementary school’

UVALDE, Texas — A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in one of the deadliest school massacres in U.S. history posted his intentions before barricading himself inside a fourth-grade classroom, where all the fatalities and injuries occurred, state and federal officials said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times

Texas gunman sent Facebook messages that he was ‘going to shoot an elementary school’ minutes before attack

Suspect killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School after shooting grandmother

The Independent UK

‘Complete evil’: New details of deadly Texas shooting released

Gunman barricaded himself in classroom at Uvalde primary school and shot ‘anyone in his way’, Texas official says.

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‘This is on you’: Beto O’Rourke confronts Texas governor over mass shooting

Democratic gubernatorial candidate confronts Republican Greg Abbott during press conference, saying: ‘You are doing nothing’

The Guardian - US

Texas shooting: Teenage gunman posted ‘lil secret’ Instagram message before shooting 21 people dead

Salvador Ramos told woman ‘I’m about to’ as he hinted at attack just hours earlier

The Independent UK

What are the gun laws in Texas? Recent changes have made it even easier to carry a handgun in public

Texas has some of the loosest gun laws in the United States. Governor Greg Abbott last year signed into law several pieces of legislation to further ease restrictions, including making it easier to carry a handgun in public.

ABC News

Beto O'Rourke interrupts Texas Gov. Abbott's press conference: "You're offering us nothing"

O'Rourke is challenging Abbott for the governorship and has been highly critical of the incumbent's support of gun rights.

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Texas gunman posted on Facebook that he was ‘going to shoot an elementary school’ minutes before attack

Suspect killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School after shooting grandmother

The Independent UK

Beto O’Rourke thrown out of Texas shooting press conference after shouting down speakers

Mr O’Rourke told Mr Abbott that the shooting was ‘on him’ and ‘totally predictable’

The Independent UK

Inside America's obsession with guns as younger people demand stricter laws

The devastating shooting in Uvalde, Texas, which claimed 21 lives - including pupils and teachers - is another indelible stain on the fabric of US society, seeping in its children’s blood

Daily Mirror

Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, and other Texas authorities will hold press conference on Uvalde shooting this afternoon

A presser at 1:30pm EST will give ‘an update on the state’s coordinated response on the Robb Elementary School shooting,’ Mr Abbott’s office says

The Independent UK

Texas Republican leaders’ response to the mass shooting: more guns in schools

Last year Governor Greg Abbott signed into law several measures making it easier to own and carry guns in the state

The Guardian - US

Texas GOP eased gun laws after massacres

"We're supposed to keep children safe. And here we’ve done exactly the opposite," said state Sen. Roland Gutierrez

Salon

Newspaper slams Abbott's "cowardice"

Chronicle editorial board slams governor's "bald face lie" on shootings after he loosened gun laws

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Irish Mirror

Texas school massacre continues grim run of mass shootings in US state

More than 85 people have been killed in mass shootings in Texas in the last five years

The Independent UK

Trump refuses to back out of National Rifle Association convention in Texas despite school massacre

Former president Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Senator Ted Cruz are set to be featured speakers at the pro-gun confab

The Guardian - UK

America howls with pain after Texas. Yet again we ask: ‘When are we going to do something?’

It’s absurd that Joe Biden cannot overturn the bizarre relationship between Americans and their guns, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Al Jazeera

Texas school shooting: What, where and who?

Gunman kills 19 children and two adults in attack on Texas primary school. Here’s what we know so far.

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Al Jazeera

‘Enough is enough’: Texas shooting spurs pleas for gun control

Gunman kills 19 children in attack on school in Uvalde, Texas, sparking renewed calls for gun control legislation.

Daily Record

Texas school shooting: 19 children and two teachers killed as teen gunman named

Gunshots were heard at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, at roughly 11.45am on Tuesday, with the shooter now named as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.

The National (Scotland)

Death toll in Texas school shooting rises to 19 children and two adults

THE death toll from a shooting in a Texas primary school has risen to 19 children and two adults.

ABC News

Barack Obama, Steve Kerr among those demanding change as world reacts to Texas school shooting

Former US president Barack Obama says America is "paralysed" by Republicans, as reaction from around the world pours in over the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

The Independent UK

School massacre continues Texas' grim run of mass shootings

The gunman who killed 19 elementary school children and two adults in Texas added to the state's grim recent history of mass shootings

The Independent UK

Gunman kills 19 children in Texas school rampage

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, in the nation's deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade

Edinburgh Live

At least 19 schoolchildren and two adults killed by American school shooter

At least 19 children and three adults - including the 18 year old gunman - have been killed during a school massacre in Texas in the United States. Law enforcement is understood to have killed the gunman.

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