Authorities have taken a suspect into custody following an “active shooter” incident Tuesday that killed at least two people at an elementary school in Uvalde, 90 minutes west of San Antonio, ABC News reports.
Uvalde Memorial Hospital said in a Facebook post that it’s received 13 children from the incident at Robb Elementary School, two of whom were dead when they arrived. Two children were transferred to San Antonio and another was pending transfer at the time of the post.
University Health in San Antonio tweeted that it received two patients from the shooting, an adult and a child. “They are currently being evaluated so we don’t have a condition to release at this time,” the hospital noted.
Police are maintaining a presence at the campus, and authorities have asked people to stay away, KSAT reports. The San Antonio Police Department has sent resources to the school, according to a statement supplied to the Current.
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