Death toll rises to 14 children and one adult in a shooting at a school in Texas, USA

At least 15 people have died, 14 of them children, in a shooting that took place this Tuesday at a Robb elementary school in the city of Uvalde, in Texas, in the southern United States.

This has been confirmed by the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, who has thus raised the first reports that pointed to the death of two minors due to an "active shooter".

"He has horribly and incomprehensibly shot and killed 14 students and killed a teacher," Abbott explained during a press conference picked up by ABC.

The alleged perpetrator of the attack, an 18-year-old student from the city, has also died. Abbott has detailed that the alleged assailant had a pistol and possibly a rifle as well.

For his part, the mayor of Uvalde, Don McLoaughlin, had previously acknowledged to the aforementioned television that the situation was "very bad" and that his team was trying to contact the parents of the children to transmit all the information they have.

Previously, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District had reported on its Twitter profile that there was an "active shooting" in the vicinity, for which it had asked the population to move away from the area.

Later, the body has announced the suspension of all school activities in the district.