19 Children, Two Teachers Killed in Uvalde Elementary School Shooting, 18-Year-old Suspect Dead

In an appearance on NBC News on Wednesday morning, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Spokesperson Lieutenant Chris Olivarez confirmed that 19 children and two teachers were killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

Olivarez stated that the gunman shot his grandmother in a “domestic disturbance” before crashing a vehicle near the school and entering.

When local police and state troopers arrived and confronted the suspect, he returned fire and some of the responding officers were shot, per Olivarez.

“So, at that point, they began breaking windows around the school trying to evacuate children, teachers, anybody they could, trying to get them out of that building, out of that school,” Olivarez said.

Olivarez stated that the suspect used a “long rifle, platform type rifle” and was wearing a tactical vest.