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18 children were killed in the Texas school shooting, the state police said, updating the toll by four. A teacher was also among the dead.

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 8:06 PM ET

The shooting, at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, is the deadliest shooting at an American elementary school since the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.

Police officers are believed to have killed the gunman, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference. Mr. Abbott later said that the gunman had been a student at a nearby high school.

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