– A teenage gunman opened fire at an elementary school in South Texas on Tuesday, killing 18 children and three adults and the suspect was also killed, officials said, in the latest spasm of mass gun violence sweeping the United States.

Governor Greg Abbott said the suspect, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was apparently killed by police officers responding to the scene, and that two officers were struck by gunfire, though the governor said their injuries were not serious.

The shooting unfolded just 10 days after 10 people were killed in Buffalo, New York, in a predominantly Black neighborhood. An 18-year-old man whom authorities said opened fire with an assault-style rifle has been charged.

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. Before heading to the school, Ramon killed his grandmother with two military-style rifles he purchased on his birthday.

President Joe Biden appeared ready for a fight, calling for new gun restrictions in an address to the nation hours after the attack.

Source: VOV5