briefly shattered communities that were down this horrific path are offering to the people of uvalde texas. bill melugin is on the ground there tonight. him are. reporter: hello, to you. this is the second deadliest mass shooting in a school in u.s. history behind sandy hook. we have 21 deceased individuals here at robb elementary school behind us including 19 young children and two teachers. just a horrible, horrible situation here. take a look at this video. this is posted to social media just a short time after the shooting today. it alleges to show the 18-year-old shooter going into the school armed with what appears to be a rifle. police have identified that shooter as an 18-year-old local man, salvador ramos. what we re told is he had a domestic incident beforehand where he shot his grandmother. we re told she s in critical condition tonight. he drove over here to robb elementary school, abandoned the vehicle, went into the school and started shooting indiscriminately
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
tragedy while we are still trying to mourn for the victims. but this is why so many people tune politics out at a time or we have to engage and care for each other and love one another. i hope pray for america, for ou country, for some unity. we needed now more than ever. thanks for watching. it s america now and forever. mellow and welcome to fox news @ night, i m shannon bream in washington. breaking tonight, devastation a small texas town where 19 children and go adults had been killed in one of the deadliest school shootings in our history. we have team coverage tonight. kevin corke is monitoring the white house response to this tragedy. bret baier is here as well. laura ingal explains what
i really hope we could give the teachers the ability to carry a gun so therefore in a situation like this, they don t have to run and hide and duck and throw books at people. they could actually defend these students in the case they have to. so there are solutions to the problem. i hope we can get to those solutions in a bipartisan manner. shannon: every state has a different, you know, patchwork of regulations regarding those things. brandon and randy, thank you for your service to our country in uniform and for your time tonight. thank you. thank you. thank you. shannon: reaction also coming in tonight from sandy hook, connecticut, and the people and communities who have been devastated by previous school mass shootings. senior correspondent laura ingal taking a look at that for us tonight. good evening, laura. reporter: shannon, today s events bring up the worst memory for the parents who have already lived through the worst nightmare hearing their children were a victim
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