Teenage Gunman Opens Fire At U.S Primary School, 18 Kids & 3 Adults Killed, Shooter Also Dead

A teenage gunman killed 18 young children in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, in the deadliest US school shooting in years. The attack in Uvalde, Texas -- a small community about an hour from the Mexican border -- is the latest in a spree of deadly shootings in America, where horror at the cycle of gun violence has failed to spur action to end it. Meanwhile, the horrific mass shooting has sparked another round of calls for gun control in the United States. “When in God’s name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?” Biden asked during a late-night address from the White House. “When in God’s name are we going to do what needs to be done?
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