Uvalde shooting is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history
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Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting
A gunman killed at least 20 people — 19 students and a teacher — at an elementary school in Uvalde on Tuesday and also killed his grandmother, according to Texas officials. The gunman is dead as well.
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The shooting at a South Texas elementary school Tuesday is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history and the second deadliest in the nation, with 20 victims confirmed dead as of Tuesday afternoon.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed Tuesday that the 18-year-old suspect in the shooting is dead. The Texas Department of Public Safety said he killed at least 19 children and a teacher at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about an hour and a half drive west of San Antonio. The shooter was killed by responding law enforcement, and he also fatally shot his grandmother before going to the school, authorities said.
The shooter had a handgun and possibly a rifle, according to Abbott.
The Uvalde shooting Tuesday exceeded the number of people killed in the University of Texas Austin shootings on Aug. 1, 1966, when a gunman killed 15 people from the clock tower, including an unborn child and a man who died from his injuries in 2001.
In Texas, the previous deadliest shooting at a K-12 school was in Santa Fe in 2018. These were some other deadly school shootings in Texas and the U.S.:
Santa Fe High School shooting, 2018
Before this, the May 18, 2018, shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, was the deadliest in the state’s history, with 10 killed. In that shooting, the assailant was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and pipe bombs.
Worthing High School, Houston football game shooting, 2011
On March 30, 2011, one man was killed and five others injured when at least two gunmen opened fire at a powder-puff football game at Worthing High School in Houston.
Kimball High School, Dallas basketball game shooting, 2020
An 18-year-old was shot and killed at a high school basketball game at Kimball High School in Dallas on Jan. 11, 2020. The shooting happened after a physical altercation. A 15-year-old boy turned himself in to Dallas police and said he was the one who fired the shots, police said in 2020. A Dallas ISD police officer was also injured during the shooting.
Bellaire High School, Bellaire shooting, 2020
A 19-year-old high school senior was shot and killed by a 16-year-old friend on Jan. 14, 2020. The 16-year-old was sentenced to 12 years in prison in January 2021.
Deadliest school shootings in the U.S.
The killing of 26 people — 20 students and six teachers — at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012, remains the deadliest K-12 school shooting in American history.
Adam Lanza killed his mother and 25 other people in the shooting.
The shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde is now the second deadliest, followed by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The Feb. 14, 2018, shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, saw 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz kill 17 people and injure 17 others with a long rifle before blending in with other students and fleeing into the Coral Springs area.
He sat down at a McDonald’s after the shooting, then moved to a Subway, where he was arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder.
The April 20, 1999, Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado, was the fourth deadliest, with 15 killed, including both shooters, and 21 injured.
The Santa Fe High School shooting was the fifth deadliest.
This story was originally published May 24, 2022 at 2:36 PM with the headline "Uvalde shooting is the deadliest school shooting in Texas history."
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