Mass shooting in Texan Primary School leaves country stunned
In the US with the news from Texas that a gunman so far has killed 19 children and two adults in an attack on a elementary school.
The shooter, identified as 18 year old Salvador Ramos, opened fire at the Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde also took the life of his grandmother and a teacher.
President Joe Biden in an emotional national address from the White House, said action to tighten America's gun laws was urgently needed.
Speaking to Newsday was Leigh Waldman is a reporter for K-SAT 12, ABC's affiliate station in San Antonio, Texas who's been reporting from on the ground in Uvalde.
(Photo: A woman cries and hugs a young girl while on the phone outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counselling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. Credit: Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images)
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