14 students and one teacher were killed in the Uvalde school shooting. The suspected shooter, an 18-year-old high school student, was recognized.

Gov. Greg Abbott stated today’s Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, killed 14 pupils and one teacher. Many more were seriously hurt. Police shot and killed the gunman, identified as Salvador Rolando Ramos, 18.

Ramos, a student at Uvalde High School, shot his grandmother before entering the school grounds, according to authorities.

Officials said an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school on Tuesday, killing 19 children and two adults and injuring others. The shooter had also been killed.

It was the worst school shooting in the United States since the devastating incident at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, over a decade ago.

Abbott said the gunman entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde with a handgun and maybe a rifle. Officials have not revealed the reason for the shooting, but Abbott named him as Salvador Ramos and said he lived in the village some 85 miles west of San Antonio.