“Grief overwhelms the soul. Children slaughtered. Lives extinguished. Parents’ hearts wrenched. Incomprehensible,” Utah Sen. Mitt Romney wrote on his personal Twitter account Tuesday afternoon.
, said an 18-year-old gunman attacked the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — about 85 miles west of San Antonio — and killed 18 children and one teacher. The mass shooter was a local man, Abbott said, and had likely been killed by police officers who responded to the shooting.
As of Tuesday evening, the shooting was still being investigated and details about the shooting were still being released. “It’s hard to imagine a more heinous crime, and we pray for the students, educators, families, law enforcement officers, and everyone impacted by this senseless act of violence,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson said in a news release.
Cox and Henderson wrote that they were “absolutely devastated.” They encouraged parents and students to use the
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