14 students, one teacher killed in Texas school shooting: Governor
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An 18-year-old suspect with a handgun and possibly a rifle kills 15 people at a Texas elementary school, and the state governor says the suspect is deceased.
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The assailant shot and killed 14 students and killed a teacher
An 18-year-old gunman shot dead 14 children and a teacher at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, the state's governor confirmed.
The assailant "shot and killed, horrifically and incomprehensibly, 14 students and killed a teacher," Texas Governor Greg Abbott told a news conference.
Abbott said the shooter had a handgun and possibly a rifle.
He also mentioned that the shooting suspect, a local teenager, was also "deceased", adding that "it is believed that responding officers killed him."
Updates to follow...
