minutes of terror. officials say the gunman who murdered 19 children and two teachers was inside the uvalde, texas elementary school for 40 minutes if not longer. during that time, he murdered 21 innocent people. the families of the children you see on your screen, torn apart in a matter of seconds. their parents, brothers and sisters, friends, will never see them again. yesterday s attack has brought the number of shootings to four or more in the united states to 213 incidents this year alone. 213 incident where is four or more people have been shot. to put that into perspective, today is the 145th day of the year, which to do the basic comparison, mean there is have been more mass shootings than days in the year 2022. and there have been at least 30 shootings at k-12 schools already this year. this is unacceptable. but we must say it, it is the reality. and because there s been no action time after time after time again, it actually is accepted. and today, we heard from tex
all around the world. it is wednesday, may 25th. i m john berman live in uvalde, texas. brianna keilar is in new york this morning. behind me is the robb elementary school. 19 children who went to school here are dead this morning, along with two adults. the kids second, third, fourth graders. we ve just learned the identity of two of the young victims, 10-year-old amerie jo garza has been identified by her father who spent seven hours trying to find his daughter in the wake of the shooting. he now says my little love is flying high with the angels above. we just learned that 10-year-old fourth grader xavier lopez passed away. his mother snapped this photo of him at an honor roll ceremony only a few hours before the shooting. she told the washington post he was funny, never serious, and his smile, that smile, i will never forget. it would always cheer anyone up. he really couldn t wait to go to middle school. she told him she was proud and that she loved him before hugging
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
pain for 15 families getting confirmation of their tragic loss this afternoon. correspondent bill melugin is there tonight live with the latest. good evening, bill. bret, good evening to you. unfortunately we are witnessing some of that unimaginable pain you just referenced. the building behind us here in the city of uvalde is the civic center. i can tell you there is a private room in there right now where there are dozens of loved ones, family members parents waiting. waiting for any information whatsoever about their children, about their loved ones, waiting to find out if they are even alive or not. i want to show you this video right here. take a look at this. this is video posted to social media shortly after that shooting took place alleging to show that 18-year-old shooter arriving on campus and walking in to one of the campus buildings with a firearm. now texas governor greg abbott says it is their belief he showed up with a handgun as well as a rifle kind of hard