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Texas school shooting: second teacher and first child victims named after 21 killed at Uvalde elementary school – latest updates

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Irma Garcia is the second teacher who died in shooting as four children killed by gunman are also named amid rage over gun violence

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US media outlets have so far identified four child victims of the shooting, all aged between eight and 10, after speaking to their families, and both adult victims, who were teachers at the school. Robb elementary has about 600 pupils, aged mostly between seven and 10.

It was still not immediately clear how many people were wounded. The University hospital in San Antonio said it had received two patients from the shooting, a 66-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl, both in critical condition, while Uvalde memorial hospital said 15 students were being treated in its emergency room.

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