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Biden orders flags at half-staff after TX shooting

25 May 2022
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2022-05-25 10:33

President Joe Biden has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and at all public buildings throughout the U.S. and abroad "as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence" following an elementary school shooting in Texas.

Gov. Greg Abbott says the gunman is dead. It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the shocking attack at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, almost a decade ago. Abbott says the gunman entered Robb Elementary School with a handgun and possibly a rifle. Officials have not revealed a motive for the shooting, but Abbott identified him as Salvador Ramos, a resident of the community that's about 85 miles west of San Antonio.

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