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Timeline of what happened in the Texas school shooting

By Tuesday evening, 21 people had been killed in the mass shooting

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Trump, Cruz scheduled to address NRA forum after Texas shooting

The powerful National Rifle Association’s annual convention is scheduled to be held across three days in Houston, Texas.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2022

Salvador Ramos shot grandmother in face after ‘fighting over graduation’ before school attack

Gov Greg Abbott said Tuesday that Ramos sent Facebook messages threatening to shoot both his grandmother and an elementary school

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

Mum of Texas school shooter who massacred 19 kids says he 'wasn't a violent person'

Adriana Reyes said her son Salvador Ramos was a loner but insisted that he was not a violent person following the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Daily Mirror · May 25, 2022

Pritzker, Lightfoot, other local Democrats rip Texas governor for injecting Chicago into school shooting debate

“I hate to say this, there are more people that are shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said. Gov. J.B. Pritzker tweeted, “Shame on you.” Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) tweeted that the Republican governor was an “@sshole” and should” keep…

Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2022

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 · May 25, 2022

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 · May 25, 2022

‘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.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2022

‘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 · May 25, 2022

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 · May 25, 2022