the suspect is dead, killed by law enforcement. we find it painful, trust me, to read these headlines as much as you must find it painful to hear them, but here are the facts as we know them. we learned officers responding to the scene faced gunfire from the suspects. several of those first responders were wounded. we know he was wearing a t tactical vest but did not have the bullet-proof or ballistic plates in it. it remains unclear what weapons the killer used but these show two ar-15 style rifles posted to an nam account linked to the gunman and one of the bios said, kids be scared. one of the first responders to this shooting. uvalde city council member chip king and the fire department said what the scene was like when he arrived and also, how long it took before that killer was neutralized. it was evidence that it was not a secure scene. there was a lot still going on here. it was a very chaotic scene initially. it was probably 30 minutes after we arrived, after i a
gun violence epidemic: the staggering numbers of deaths and school shootings in the years since columbine. plus a debate on gun legislation in the age of partisan gridlock. and anguish in america: we speak with angel garcia, after the loss of his 10-year-old daughter, amerie. i just want my baby back. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. dokoupil: good evening on what is really anything but a good evening. and thank you for joining us. i m tony dokoupil, in for norah who is recovering from covid, and tonight we are here in uvalde, texas, a community shattered by one of the deadliest school shootings in american history. 21 victims, 19 of them innocent children. they ranged in age from 10 down to as young as eight. one victim described by family as the sweetest little boy i ve ever known, so full of life. others loved baseballs, they loved swimming, loved dancing to tiktok videos in other words, these are your eve eve
describe what happened here. what the effects to this community is. how do we speak about evil personified? again, i will try. over the next two hours, we will try to explain to you what happened here. how devastated this community really is. it is 70 miles to the mexican border, with agricultural fields, ranches, do thing the landscape. it is known as an extremely tight knit community. 80% of the people who live here are latino, many dating back generations, at robb elementary, the 18-year-old suspect, shot his grandmother before driving here. he used an ar style rifle. police were unable to bring down the shooter, wearing a tacical style vest. there were video cameras in the school. video cameras, investigators are trying to access this morning. texas tribune quote inside the civic center, law enforcement, crisis counselors awaited parents swarming about. officials took dna samples, used to confirm whether or not their child had died in the shooting. family members of the p
small tight knit community about 18,000 people. it describes itself as the cross roads to hill country. now, now the people here nearly 80% latino, many stretching back for generations reeling from the horrors of one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. at least 19 children and two teachers were murdered. in the wake of horror like this, we often hear the word unimaginable but here it s almost as this is becoming easier and easier to imagine tragedies like this although i ve got to tell you, that there is nothing easy. nothing easy about what uvalde and the people here are going through right now. so far, what we know from the investigation, the suspect first shot his grand mother before driving right here towards the school where we are here. apparently crashed very close to the school and then claim into robb elementary proper. a lieutenant says the suspect barricaded himself in a classroom, used an ar style rifle in addition to wearing some kind of vest, tactical
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