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Biden visits site of Texas shooting as DoJ probes police response

Lawmakers downplay prospect of gun reform in response to killing of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde

President Joe Biden travelled to Texas on Sunday to meet the families of the 19 children and two teachers fatally shot in America’s latest school shooting, as the justice department opened an investigation into the police response.

Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old, entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday and opened fire on children with an automatic rifle. It took around 90 minutes after the attack began before he was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent.

The president and first lady Jill Biden visited the memorial site at the school before attending mass at a nearby Catholic church and meeting with the families of the dead children and surviving pupils.

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