The death toll from the shooting at a Texas elementary school has risen to 18 children and three adults, a state senator said.
Senator Roland Gutierrez said he was briefed by state police on the latest fatalities at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a heavily Latino community about 85 miles west of San Antonio.
It was not immediately clear whether the gunman was among the three adult victims. Three people wounded in the attack are in hospital in serious condition, Mr Gutierrez told The Associated Press.
It was the deadliest shooting at a US grade school since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, almost a decade ago.
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