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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Hi, James. Thursday, May 26th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, the small town of Yuvaldi, Texas, came together to pray for the 21 victims and their families after Tuesday's deadly shooting at Rob Elementary School.

Authority state 18-year-old, Salvador Ramos, armed with an AR-15-style weapon, stormed into a classroom, barricaded himself inside an open fire.

19 children lost their lives inside that classroom along with two teachers.

For responding officers, this was personal.

Many had their own children in harm's way.

To all EMS units, stand by, do not attempt to get closer.

We got shots fired, a radio broadcasted to rescue workers.

Officials say officers shot and killed the suspect roughly 40 minutes to an hour

after his first encounter with the school resource officer at the building's entrance. Authorities say

the suspect turned 18 just nine days ago. The ATF said just one day after his birthday, Ramos bought

an AR-15 style rifle. Three days later, he bought a second one, and four days later, he was at Rob

elementary school. Ramos's grandfather told ABC News, he didn't know his grandson had weapons.

If I had known, I would have reported it, Roland Reyes said. Just minutes before the shooting,

the suspected gunman texted a 15-year-old girl in Germany. First, he described an argument

with his grandmother over paying a phone bill.

Later, he wrote, I'm going to shoot up an elementary school right now. Investigators are now pouring over his social media.

The school superintendent ended the school year early. Dr. Hal Harel, superintendent of the UCISD, said my heart was broken today.

We're a small community, and we will need your prayers to get us

through this. A customs and border protection official told ABC News that there were four border

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