a killer, we just don t want any part of that. history should not remember this person s name. instead, history should remember, and we all should hear the names of those murdered here, the children and their teacher. they are the ones that matter. amory joe garza matters. she was 10 years old. her dad is going to join us in just a few minutes. he says his daughter was full of life, always telling jokes, always smiling. on social media this monk, he wrote, please don t take a second for granted. hug your family. tell them you love them. i love you, amerie jo, he said. javier lopez matters. he was 10 years old. javier attended a school honor roll ceremony just before he was killed. his mom telling the washington post that he could not wait to go to middle school. that is what he was looking forward to. she says she ll never forget his smile. it would cheer anyone up, she says. ucia garcia matters. he was also 10 years old. his uncle tells us he loved video games and anything
i can t believe you re a sick son of a bitch that would come to a deal like this to make a political issue. plus, the emotional toll in uvalde and nationwide. parents grappling with fears about whether their kids make it home from school. and at any moment now, president biden at the white house, marking two years since another deadly event gripped the nation. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the national lead. the united states of america mourning the loss of 19 children and 2 teachers shot dead in uvalde, texas. their lives suddenly ending with an 18-year-old shooter walked into robb elementary school, barricaded himself in a classroom, and started shooting. 21 families now forced to deal with the unthinkable, the loss of a loved one under such horrific circumstances. the number one cause of death in the united states for children zero to 19 years old for years was motor vehicle collisions. that changed, according to the american academy of pedi
classroom. parents sharing stories about the wonderful young children they loved and lost. and the heartbreak that will last forever. our correspondents are covering every angle of this story, including cnn teams on the scene in texas. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, investigators are starting to put together the pieces of america s newest shooting massacre. the epidemic of gun violence invading yet another school and claiming 21 more innocent lives, most of them young kids. cnn national correspondent jason carroll begins our coverage at the scene of the attack in texas. jason, state officials revealed new details of how this horrible rampage played out. and wolf, just a day after the shooting, the gravity of what s happened here has begun to sink in even more with this community. the governor here is saying that as far as they can tell so far, the suspect, the shoo
governor reported. he went down a hallway, turned right, then turned left and there was two classrooms that were adjoining. that s where the carnage began. reporter: law enforcement estimate the shooter was inside the school for 30 minutes. border patrol, consolidated isd officers, police, sheriffs, and bps officers converged on that classroom, and a border patrol officer killed the gunman. reporter: at least 19 children and 2 adults were killed only two days before the end of the school year. officials say the gunman acted alone. the gunman was 18 years old and reportedly a high school dropout. reportedly, there has been no criminal history identified yet. there was no known mental health history of the gunman. reporter: the rampage began at his grandmother s home. authorities revealing messages