Gunmen shot 19 Children and 2 Adults Dead in Texas US Elementary School

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The death toll from the Texas elementary school shooting has risen to at least 19 children and 2 adults, the New York Times and The Associated Press report state officials as saying. It’s unclear if that count includes the gunman, who is said to have died at the scene. AP previously reported that 18 children and 3 adults were killed in the shooting.

President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the White House and called for restrictions on guns during a speech about the shooting. “It’s just sick,” Biden said, per NYT. “Where in God’s name is our backbone, the courage to do more and then stand up to the lobbies? It’s time to turn this pain into action.”

The tragedy in Uvalde, Texas is now the second deadliest school shooting recorded to have occurred at an elementary, middle, or high school in the U.S., according to NYT. The deadliest was the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut in which 20 children and six adults were killed.

UPDATED 5/24, 4:55 p.m.: The devastating death toll coming out of Texas includes 14 children, one teacher, the teenage shooter, and—reportedly—his grandmother.