According to a study by Education Week, which has tracked such shootings since 2018, 119 such mass shootings at schools have been reported in the last three years. The Robb Elementary School shooting at Uvalde was the 27th such shooting incident of this year.
The killings came on the day when students were preparing to start summer break this week. The teacher killed has been named in US media as Eva Mireles, who has a daughter in college.
On Tuesday, April 12, at least six people were shot and wounded in a shooting that took place inside a subway station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn in New York City
As it was found out that the killer was not a 'white' man, a severe backlash against liberals erupted on social media highlighting how liberals resorted to blaming the white community by holding them responsible for crimes that they did not commit.