prime minister later. hello and welcome. a gunman has shot dead 19 students and one teacher at a primary school in the us state of texas. the pupils were between the ages of seven and ten. the mass shooting was in the small town of uvalde, west of san antonio, at robb elementary school, which is made up of a largely hispanic community. authorities say the suspected attacker was an 18 year old named salvador ramos. he was shot dead by law enforcement officers. he is believed to have purchased two military grade rifles and is suspected of killing his grandmother before heading to the school. he crashed his car outside the campus and went into the classrooms wearing body armour. from uvalde, the bbc s angelica casas has more. this is likely the largest police presence the small town of uvalde, texas has ever seen. today it is the target of a school mass shooting where the victims are pupils under the age of ten, as well as teachers. what we know so far is that the suspect was an
perspective on the perspective and aftermath. chad pergram is exploring reaction from capitol hill and laura ingraham has more we continue with laura ingal has more. we continue with trace gallagher. reporter: the shooter is identified as 18-year-old salvador ramos. police say he was a student in the high school in uvalde. some of his classmates say they ve not seen him in school for two years. he reportedly shot his grandmother who is said to be in critical condition. ramos then fled in a vehicle and apparently was involved in some small minor car crash or incident near robb elementary school. police say he left vehicle, went into the left his hisvehicle and went into the school and started firing, killing 19 students and two adults. the victims were likely seven, eight, nine, maybe 10 years old, they were third, fourth and fifth graders at the school. the border patrol tells fox news correspondent bill melugin, an elite tactical border patrol agent entered the school
community, entered the school with a handgun and possibly a rifle it appears he was killed by officers who responded to the shootings. president biden addressed the nation a short time ago more on his message in a moment this comes just ten days after the mass shooting at a supermarket in buffalo in which ten people were killed. one more horrific and stunning act of gun violence in a nation so weary from it we begin with morgan chesky in texas. reporter: lester, every update that s come in today on this story has only brought more heartbreak for this tight-knit community of only about 15,000 people. tonight, a massive law enforcement presence has descended on this small town, and it is converging on robb elementary school behind me. covered up in crime scene tape as investigators scour this area for evidence and try to find what caused thi 18-year-old gunman to go inside and open fire reporter: tonight, at least 21 live have been cut short. according to the state senator
tower like many of the mass murderers who followed his footsteps, charles whitman shot and killed his wife, shot and killed his mother. the mass murderer in sandy hook, in connecticut, shot and killed his mother before going to the elementary school they are to murder 20 kindergarten and first grade students. and six adults working at the school. the latest adults reports indicate that as many as 18 children and three adults were shot and killed today. at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the town of 15,000 people, about 60 miles from the mexican border, with some reports indicating that the children were murdered, and were mostly in grades three and four. the mass murder of children in sandy hook changed connecticut senator chris murphy s focus in the senate, where he has become the since leading expert on this uniquely american way of death, being shot to death at school. senator murphy rose on the senate floor today, without a prepared speech, and said this. the
it cost a lot. that s critical. neil: five states holding crucial primaries. it s the one subject that unites voters. in alabama, arkansas, minnesota, texas and georgia, inflation and prices running ahead like crazy with no sign that that is cooling down. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. fox on top of a situation that is getting worse on the economic front with inflationary numbers out of control and in key states across the country having crucial primaries, that could affect the standard of bearer for the democrat and the republicans in those key races. growing talk now as to how this sorts out. we re also looking at the effect of the so-called trump bump and whether it carries today in crucial states across the country as well. let s go first to atlanta, georgia. we ll find our mark meredith following the key pocketbook issues dominating that voting. mark? good afternoon. the pocketbook issues impacting a lot of voters in their decisions today, a lot of r