used in the shooting from a federally authorized dealer on his 18th birthday. this photo of two ar style rifles was posted on an instagram account tied to the gunman. just three days before tuesday s shooting. authorities are still trying to identify the victims, parents waited late into the night at a civic center on tuesday hoping to be reunited with their children. cnn is in texas with more. reporter: late into the night, many family members were at a civic center in uvalde, texas. learning the grim news that their children didn t survive the shooting at rob elementary school in uvalde, texas, earlier on tuesday. a families were told to go to the civic ner where they could be reunited with their children. but as the hours have dragged on, many of the people left at the civic center are the parents and families of the at least 19 children that were murdered. senselessly on tuesday. we were told that authorities are using dna swabs of family members and parents to help ide
by investigators today, jake, lasted 40 to 60 minutes, from the moment he was engaged with the officer outside the school to the moment that a border patrol agent shot and killed ramos inside the school building, that that took almost an hour. so you can imagine what a horrific scene that was inside that school for the dozens of children and teachers that were inside. yeah, there s a lot of questions about that timeline. but ed, we just heard from the shooter s grandfather, i understand. yes, we were out in the neighborhood where investigators and fbi agents have been combing the neighborhood around where ramos grandparents live. the grandmother is still in a san antonio hospital. we understand she s 66 years old, still in critical condition. she was able to she was shot in the face, we re told, and was able to walk across the street and get a neighbor to call for help. that s how she was airlifted to a hospital in san antonio. but that woman is still hanging on to lif
hospital. we do not know the full status there. governor abbott of texas says the shooter who is also dead was an 18-year-old male who attended the local high school. officials believe he acted alone and had a handgun and possibly a rifle. there is so much we do not know tonight, we do know, though, it is the worst school shooting in the united states since 17 people died at marjorie douglas high school in parkland florida in 2018. i said it s a small town, it is, about 16,000 people live there in the southern part of the state, about 85 miles west of san antonio. moments ago, president biden arrived back at joint base andrews. he is headed to the white house. administration officials say he has been briefed and will address the nation in the next hour. we expect vice-president to address the president this hour. cnn s ed lavandera outfront tonight in dallas, texas and ed, as i said, there is so much we do not know and obviously so much we will never understand, but what ar