Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde Texas

Until the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School in 1999, the number of dead tended to be in the single digits. Since then, the number of shootings that included schools and killed 10 or more people has mounted. The most recent two were both in Texas.

ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, May 2022

An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 14 children, one teacher and injuring others, Gov. Greg Abbott said. The shooter died.

SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL, May 2018

A 17-year-old opened fire at a Houston-area high school, killing 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. The suspect has been charged with murder.

MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOL, February 2018

An attack left 14 students and three staff members dead at the school in Parkland, Florida, and injured many others. The 20-year-old suspect was charged with murder.

UMPQUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, October 2015

A man killed nine people at the school in Roseburg, Oregon, and wounded nine others, then killed himself.

SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, December 2012

A 19-year-old man killed his mother at their home in Newtown, Connecticut, then went to the nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first graders and six educators. He took his own life.

VIRGINIA TECH, April 2007

A 23-year-old student killed 32 people on the campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, in April 2007; more than two dozen others were wounded. The gunman then killed himself.

RED LAKE HIGH SCHOOL, March 2005

A 16-year-old student killed his grandfather and the man’s companion at their Minnesota home, then went to nearby Red Lake High School, where he killed five students, a teacher and a security guard before shooting himself.

COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL, April 1999

Two students killed 12 of their peers and one teacher at the school in Littleton, Colorado, and injured many others before killing themselves.
 

Bonnie said:

Two killed, others injured in school shooting in Uvalde, hospital officials say​

A suspect in the shooting at Robb Elementary School is in custody, Uvalde police said. It was not immediately clear whether any students had been killed in the shooting, but hospital officials said about a dozen children had been injured.


https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/24/uvalde-texas-school-shooting/


The breaking news on local TV this afternoon hasn't had time to get details in order as yet. .... There are deaths, but number is unclear at present.

Uvalde is a small rural area of Texas near San Antonio. ... @PamfromTx
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Thank you for thinking of my hometown @Bonnie. Still in shock; still crying and still mourning for the families. My husband just told me that the death count has gone up.
 

Pepper said:
Since the shooter is the age of a lot of our grandchildren, it appears to me that his parents, our children, were raised by us in some helter-skelter environment. Our children produced these maniacs.
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Yes, indeed !
It seems to me that there is something seriously wrong with our entire culture. These school killings did not happen 40-50 60 years ago.
Where were the parents who raised the killer ? What kind of upbringing did he have ?
It is a popular belief that if BOTH parents are full-time workers they can successfully raise mentally healthy children. True enough I suppose, At least for most parents. However, I believe that a certain % of 2 working parents will fail in their obligations and that will result in a mentally diseased child. Especially if the child spends way, way too much time playing violent electronic games where killing imaginary opponents is the object.

Think about an analogy. Many drunk drivers may very well get away with drunk driving for years and years. BUT, eventually a few of them will end up killing others on the highway. Likewise for two working parents. Most may escape producing a mentally diseased child, but a few will fail horribly.
 
The 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, identified by law enforcement sources as the Robb Elementary School shooting suspect shot his grandmother before opening fire on the elementary school. Society is breaking down and seems to me it is more apparent in the US these days.
 
Della said:
I just heard on the news that there have been 212 mass shootings so far this year. We're the only country with guns every where and the only country where this happens all the time. Why can't we stop this?
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I hesitate to say this but freedom is very highly valued in US and the gun has been elevated to the symbol of freedom. It is heresy to say that it is actually a just a tool for killing people you don't like, especially for racists and fanatics.
 
Somewhere I had read to look at the ears - if they are lower than the eyes, that's a sign of violence issues (you see this in a lot of the terrorist photos). Also, heavy eyebrows have been linked to psychopathy. If one eye shows the white of the eye than the other eye, that's also a sign. So if you see anyone with that description walking toward you - run the other way.
 
Pepper said:
Problem is the extreme 2nd Amenders who insist anyone, for any reason, can buy a gun with no waiting period and the politicians who support these notions, because they are too cowardly to lead.
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I'm glad you used the word "extreme".

Most of my family, from my grandparents to my grandkids, are gun-owners, but when guns make news like this, we all wish that far more thorough background checks and longer wait periods were mandatory nationwide.

There's an astounding number of Americans with mental illness. I honestly believe it's environmental; food, air, and soil pollution, and a maximum overload of all types of media. I have a 9yr-old neighbor kid who saw the torture-slaughter movie Dard Divorce 11 times, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre "at least half-a-dozen times."

Kid scares the crap outta me.
 
hollydolly said:
the buffalo shooter was an oversized , dopey looking nut...
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I wonder what he's said since the shooting. I also wonder what the conversation in that house he was from was. I doubt it wasn't to respect people.

I remember watching a couple of videos on YouTube after the Camp Fire. Until I had to stop. Comments like "ha ha libtards" "got what they deserved" These were not rare. I don't know what goes on in the minds of some.
 
Pepper said:
Problem is the extreme 2nd Amenders who insist anyone, for any reason, can buy a gun with no waiting period and the politicians who support these notions, because they are too cowardly to lead.
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How would a waiting period have prevented this?
 
Blessed said:
Come on people, stop looking at the state, the color of their skin. This is about the mentally ill. This happens when mentally ill people get to the breaking point. They just want us to see and know the pain they were in and we did nothing to help them. Would anybody in their right mind do this, I don't think so.
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Then they should kill themselves and not take other people, especially young kids, along for the ride.
 
Nosy Bee-54 said:
On the bolded. That RINGS loud and clear. Very Sad
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Pepper said:
Then they should kill themselves and not take other people, especially young kids, along for the ride.
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Again, I will say these people are ill. If you are diagnosed with a disease you should be given treatment not left alone. I hate that these things keep happening, it is a horrible thing. Yes it would be better if they took their own lives and no else. Yet this still happens because society if not paying attention and getting them treatment.
 
It is just unconscionable that elementary school kids should have to worry about their lives. I was just thinking after I heard this story about how the parents of the murdered kids must be feeling right now. Their lives will never be the same.:(

Remember when we were in elementary school? The worst we had to worry about was homework. What has happened to our country?
 
I saw reports where the police were on to him and he crashed a pick up truck near the school at which time the killer decided to enter and shoot up the elementary school.

At the sametime there are reports he wanted to shoot up his graduation but that wasn't until Friday? So was the school improvised or he was going to hit that school and his high school? If it's the same district and town maybe he held a grude against a teacher or staff there as well.

This is also erie because the Buffalo killer also wanted to shoot up his graduation. 2 mass pos killers. wanted to shoot up their high schools/graduations but wound up settling for a different target. So that tells me is wasn't personal they just wanted to kill and/or sought attention.

RIP victims

Peace
 
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Blessed said:
Again, I will say these people are ill. If you are diagnosed with a disease you should be given treatment not left alone. I hate that these things keep happening, it is a horrible thing. Yes it would be better if they took their own lives and no else. Yet this still happens because society if not paying attention and getting them treatment.
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Actually, they are getting treatment. Almost all mass shooters are getting lots of antidepressant drugs - that come with warnings about suicidal & homicidal tendencies while taking them.
 
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