Authorities in Uvalde, Texas will be providing an update after fourteen students and one teacher were killed from a shooting in what police called a "mass casualty incident" at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.

Police said they believe the suspect acted alone and that there were "several injuries" and "some deaths" in the shooting.

At a news briefing, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said the 18-year-old suspected shooter, believed to be from Uvalde, also died.

“He shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensibly, 14 students and killed a teacher," said Abbott. "The shooter, he himself is deceased and it's believed that responding officers killed him."

Uvalde’s district chief of police Pedro “Pete” Arredondo confirmed during a separate news conference that the suspect is dead, noting they are believed to have acted alone during the “heinous” crime.

The school has just under 600 students enrolled.

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