Multiple children in classroom survived Texas shooting -official

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Updated: May 25, 2022, 13:37 UTC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Multiple children survived with injuries after a gunman barricaded himself in a fourth grade classroom where he killed 19 children and two adults, a Texas public safety official said on Wednesday.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Multiple children survived with injuries after a gunman barricaded himself in a fourth grade classroom where he killed 19 children and two adults, a Texas public safety official said on Wednesday.

“We do know that there were multiple children that did survive, that were injured. I do not have the exact number at this time,” Lieutenant Chris Olivarez, in an interview with Fox News, said of Tuesday’s shooting at a South Texas elementary school.

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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