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Prior to the interruption, Abbott said the suspected gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, used an AR-15 rifle with .223 caliber ammunition.

He said the suspect appeared to have no adult criminal record, although investigators are looking to see if he had a juvenile record. He also said there was no evidence the suspect was ever treated for mental illness.

\"There was no meaningful forewarning of this crime,\" Abbott said.

He said the only warning came in a direct message Ramos wrote on Facebook about 30 minutes before he allegedly shot his grandmother at her home. Abbott said the suspect wrote to an individual or individuals, whose names were not disclosed, \"I'm going to shoot my grandmother.\"

Abbott said the grandmother, who is in a hospital in critical condition, called 911 to report being shot.

Abbott said that a few minutes after the first direct message, Ramos sent another, allegedly writing, \"I shot my grandmother.\"

The governor said that about 14 minutes before the shooting at Robb Elementary School, the suspect sent out another Facebook direct message, writing, \"I'm going to shoot an elementary school.\"

He said three law enforcement officers were injured when the suspect crashed a vehicle outside the school and allegedly engaged them in a gunfire before entering the school and committing the massacre.

Abbott also said that in addition to the 19 students and two faculty members killed, 17 people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting, including three law enforcement officers. He said a deputy sheriff was among the parents who lost a daughter in the shooting.

\"It could have been worse. The reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officers did what they do,\" Abbott said, praising the officers who ran into the school and fatally shot the gunman before he could kill more people.

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