Two people are dead and more than a dozen children are hospitalized after a shooting at a Texas elementary school, hospital officials said Tuesday. Police say the suspected shooter is in custody.
Thirteen children were taken by ambulance or bus to Uvalde Memorial Hospital after an active shooter was reported at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, about 135 kilometres west of San Antonio.
The health of the children is unclear, as is whether the dead are included in that count.
Another hospital, University Hospital in San Antonio, said a 66-year-old woman was in critical condition.
The shooter was in custody shortly after 1 p.m. local time (2 p.m. ET), the Uvalde Police Department said.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District had said an active shooter was reported at Robb Elementary School, which has an enrolment of just under 600 students. Earlier, the district had said that all schools in the district were locked down because of gunshots in the area.
School and city officials did not immediately return messages seeking comment.