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uvalde texas school shooting live updates victim names suspect shooter

Live updates on Wednesday: Legally acquired weapons; all deaths occurred in the classroom
At least 19 students and two adults were killed Tuesday in a shooting at a South Texas elementary school, the deadliest shooting in the state's history.

Lt. Chris Olivares, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, said Wednesday that all deaths and injuries occurred in a classroom at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. According to him, the families of all the victims have been informed.

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Law enforcement officers killed the shooter, who also injured an unknown number of children. Officials did not disclose a motive for the shooting, but said the shooter was a local resident.

"I was hoping that if I became president, I wouldn't have to start all over again. Another massacre," President Joe Biden said during a speech at the White House. "Beautiful and innocent students of the second, third and fourth grades.”

Uvalde is a city of about 16,000 people located about 85 miles west of San Antonio. The shooting occurred four years after a gunman shot and killed 10 people at a high school in Santa Fe, Houston.
This story will be updated throughout the day starting Wednesday with the latest information.