President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to "grieve with the community," according to a White House statement released Thursday.
A gunman stormed into Robb Elementary in Uvalde onTuesday, killing 19 children and two teachers in the United States' deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade.
Law enforcement officers killed the shooter, identified as a local 18-year-old who had shot and wounded his grandmother and spelled out his violent plans in online messages shortly before the massacre.
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