Texas Elementary School Shooting Leave 16 Deceased Including gunman (video)

Fourteen children and one teacher are dead after a shooting at a Texas elementary school Tuesday, and the 18-year-old suspect is also dead, Gov. Greg Abbott said.

The shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about 135 kilometres west of San Antonio, was the deadliest school shooting in Texas history and occurred four years after a gunman fatally shot 10 people at Santa Fe High School in the Houston area.

"He shot and killed, horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 students and killed a teacher," said the governor, adding that two officers were shot and wounded but were expected to survive. Police had earlier said the suspected gunman was in custody.

The gunman was a resident of the community and entered the school with a handgun, and possibly a rifle, and opened fire, Abbott said. He said the shooter was likely killed by responding officers but that the events were still being investigated.

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