Victims: 21
An 18-year-old gunman opened fire On May 24, 2022, at a Texas elementary school, killing 19 children and two teachers and wounding others, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.
The gunman was likely killed by police officers but the events were still being investigated, Abbott said.
It was the deadliest shooting at a U.S. grade school since the shocking attack at Sandy Hook Elementary almost a decade ago.
Victims:~4
Twenty-eight people were injured, some critically, after shots were fired at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in the city of Dadeville on Saturday.
High school senior Phil Dowdell, a star athlete, has been named by local media as one of the victims.
President Joe Biden renewed his calls for tougher gun laws after the incident. "What has our nation come to when children cannot attend a birthday party without fear?" Mr Biden asked, in a statement released by the White House on Sunday.
This shooting takes the US to a grim milestone of more than 160 mass shootings - in which four or more people are shot - so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
At a local parking lot where a vigil was being held, teenagers could be seen visibly shaking and crying from the shock of what happened last night.
Many shared hugs and tears as they tried to comfort one another. One woman at the vigil, Shondra, told the BBC her cousin was at the birthday party last night. "They were being free, they were celebrating a life," she said.
"You never think it's going to happen in your area."
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By:By Jessica Parker and James Gregory