shortly before entering that facility. as the investigation proceeds the politics of gun control rise again to the surface. emotional cries for new legislation and those who encyst more laws will not prevent these kind of tragedies from happening. we will cover it all tonight from all angles. we begin with correspondent jeff paul in uvalde. good evening, jeff. yeah, bret. tonight we are learning from authorities that 30 minutes before the shooting the suspect apparently sent some messages on social media. we don t nowhere they went and who they went to and when they opened them up. but two of those messages, according to officials, talked about shooting his grandmother. talked about wanting to go to an elementary school to shoot it up. authorities did confirm that after shooting his grandmother, the suspect then drove away from that scene crashing his pickup truck near robb elementary school. we are told there was an armed school police officer on campus but didn t stop the
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
unclear. ow but what we do know is that two of these messages referenced shooting his grandmother. third, though, referenced him wanting to go to an ro elementay school to quote shoot it up. but after shooting his grandmother, investigators say the suspect took off, eventually crashed his truckckg bob elementary. w we know there was a armed school police officerhoolut on the ground, but it didn t stop the suspect from entering eventually barricaded himself inside a fourth grade classroom killing 19 kids and two teachers. the aunt of one of those victims is trying to remember her niece, 10 year old illiana garcia. but her heart, she says, is so broken right now she was very happy, very outgoing, loved to dance and sing and play sports . she was taken to family, enjoys being with the family to sean. we re also learning tonight that the mother of
several private messages on facebook in the 30 minutes leading up to the massacre. one message referred to shooting his own grandmother. another about attacking an elementary school. julie: a short time later he entered the school through a back door and went into a fourth grade classroom, barricaded himself and opened fire. a border patrol agent from an elite unit rushed into the shooter killing the student. bill: we have heard from many anguished parents waiting for news of their missing children and many are now left to remember their loved ones who are no longer. she was very happy and very outgoing. loved to dance and sing and play sports. hundreds of friends. they were all frantic praying. they were saying anything they could to the policemen to let them get the kids. he is still in there, we can t do that. other kids staying he is in
she was very happy and very outgoing. loved to dance and sing and play sports. she was big into family and enjoyed being with the family. more vigils of planned for these small children. the family continues to grieve. funeral plans should be as soon as this weekend. john: the entire nation is weeping for all of them. alexis, thank you. sandra. sandra: a look at the capitol this hour where education secretary cardona is testifying before a house panel. comes less than 48 hours after that massacre and as the gun debate is heating up in the country with congress and republicans now pushing for new school security measures while democrats are calling for tougher gun control laws. tony gonzalez, he represents uvalde, texas. joins us now, sir, welcome. our hearts are broken, we are grieving with those families, this is just awful, all of it.