A frame from a school surveillance video shows multiple police officers waiting in a hallway at Robb Elementary School armed with rifles and at least one protective ballistic shield. This was 19 minutes after receiving a 911 call from the school. The police waited nearly an hour and a half before entering the school room where the gunman was located. (Photo: Uvalde Investigative Files)


On May 24, 2022, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos fatally shot nineteen students and two teachers and wounded seventeen other people at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States. Earlier in the day, he shot his grandmother in the forehead at home, severely wounding her.


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Location: Robb Elementary School, Uvalde, Texas
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