After another horrific shooting that left more than a dozen people dead, including the shooter, at Robb Elementary in Ulvalde, Texas, there’s a lot of information buzzing about.  Here’s a consolidation of information from various news reports:

• 15 people–14 students and one teacher–were shot to death.
• The children killed were in 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades.
• Located about 85 miles west of San Antonio, Ulvalde is a heavily Hispanic town, with about 80% of the population being of Hispanic heritage, according to the 2000 Census.
• Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott stated the shooter was an 18-year-old American male who attended high school in the town.  The shooter is also dead, reportedly killed by police.  Abbott identified the shooter as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.
• The shooter carried a handgun and possibly a rifle into the school.  It’s unknown if two guns were used in the murders.
• A 66-year-old woman and a 10-year-old student are hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds.
• The shooter shot his grandmother before going to the school.  It is unknown if the grandmother is among the people listed as killed or wounded at the school.
• This is the second shooting in 10 days with 10 or more fatalities, with the Buffalo supermarket shooting being the other.
• This is the 49th mass shooting (3 or more victims) in the United States in the month of May.
• This is the 251th mass shooting in the United States in 2022.  Today is only the 144th day of the year.
• This is the 25th mass murder (3 or more killed) in the US in 2022.
• There have been 26 mass shootings in Texas YTD.  This is the fourth mass murder in the state this year.
• This is the second mass shooting taking place at an education location in 2022.