Family members of one of the victims killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School embrace each other after a prayer vigil in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday.
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Family members of one of the victims killed in a shooting at Robb Elementary School embrace each other after a prayer vigil in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday.
Jae C. Hong/AP
UVALDE, Texas — It seems like everybody in this small town of about 15,000 has a personal connection to those who perished in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history – and the man accused of carrying it out.
Around the corner from the scene of the shooting at Robb Elementary School, Sarah Zapata, who works for the local court system, is playing with her granddaughters.
“It’s sad for all the families, because we all do know each other. Everybody knows everybody,” she told NPR as the kids run around the front yard of her home. “It’s unimaginable.”
While one side loudly calls for gun control and the other drowns it out with equal vigor on the national stage, the overwhelming emotion in this small, tight-knit community is grief.
“We all went to Robb. My kids all went to Robb,” Zapata said.
Counselors from nearby areas arrive in Uvalde, Texas to help the local community in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting.
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