Gunman warned in online messages he would shoot up Texas school ahead of attack
The attack was the latest grim moment for a country scarred by a string of massacres.
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The attack was the latest grim moment for a country scarred by a string of massacres.
Salvador Ramos, 18, used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle in the bloodshed Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde that ended with police storming a fourth-grade classroom and killing him. He had legally bought two such rifles just days before.
Frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the Texas elementary school where a gunman's rampage killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said.
One man whose year four daughter was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school, arriving while police were still massed outside the building.
The picture shows the spot the hat was torn to shreds as the bullet whizzed by. The agent is based Del Rio Sector and the agency said that many of the agents have children who attend that school.