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Thursday's shooting occurred just two miles from Robb Elementary School, the site of a May 24 mass shooting that rocked the Uvalde community.
The shooting took place two miles from Robb Elementary School and comes with the community still reeling from the May 24 mass shooting there that killed 19 students and two teachers.
“I was outraged to learn that gang violence has endangered the Uvalde community and innocent Texans this evening,” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement Thursday evening. “I immediately called Mayor McLaughlin and County Judge Mitchell to offer the states full support and resources as law enforcement hunts down the gang members.”
The gunfire erupted after two local gangs got into a fistfight at the park, the Express-News reports, citing Uvalde Mayor Donald McLaughlin Jr.
The two victims, a 16-year-old male and a 22-year-old male, were airlifted to hospitals in San Antonio, the mayor also told the daily. At press time, their condition was unknown.
According to KSAT, four suspects were taken into custody after seeking medical attention for their wounds at a Uvalde Hospital.
Uvalde authorities are reassuring residents there's no immediate danger to the public. Even so, the Express-News reports that the small South Texas town is no stranger to gang-related violence and that at least five such groups are known to operate there.
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