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05/24/22 9:52 PM

Emotional conflict. Gun culture. Stress. Poverty. People as Trump. 2h ago: Death toll from US primary school shooting rises to 21, including 18 children
At least 21 people are dead after a school shooting in the US state of Texas, including 18 children.
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The shooting unfolded just 10 days after 10 people were killed in Buffalo, New York, in a predominantly Black neighbourhood. An 18-year-old man whom authorities said opened fire with an assault-style rifle has been charged.
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The motive for Tuesday's massacre in Texas, the latest in a string of seemingly random mass shootings that have become commonplace in the United States, was not immediately known.
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Investigators believe Ramos shot and killed his grandmother before going to the school, CBS News reported, citing unidentified law enforcement sources.
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It was the deadliest such incident since 14 high school students and three adult staff were killed in Parkland, Florida in 2018 - and the worst at an elementary school since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut, in which 20 children and six staff were killed.
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The school - which teaches more than 500, mostly Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students from second through fourth grade - called on parents not to pick up their children until all were accounted for.
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The US suffered 19,350 firearm homicides in 2020, up nearly 35 per cent compared to 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest data.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/at-least-14-children-and-one-teacher-killed-in-texas-primary-school-shooting/doxuw06xy