Texas families looking for answers after Uvalde shooting
Families are mourning the loss of children and seeking help to find missing children after a shooting at a Texas elementary school Tuesday.
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Families are mourning the loss of children and seeking help to find missing children after a shooting at a Texas elementary school Tuesday.
"I would normally say in a moment like this — we would all say, naturally, that our hearts break. But our hearts keep getting broken," Vice President Kamala Harris said.
We are beginning to learn more about the mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas that left 21 children and adults dead and many others critically injured.
As of Wednesday morning, 21 victims have died and many others remain in critical condition at local hospitals. And family members who pled for information about their children on social media are beginning to share the news they most feared.
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