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How to help Uvalde families following yesterday's elementary school shooting

Members of the community gather at the City of Uvalde Town Square for a prayer vigil in the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

Uvalde, Texas, is reeling from the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history after a gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School yesterday.

The emergency department at Uvalde Memorial Hospital , 11 of whom were children. Many family members — some of whom to help investigators identify victims — are still awaiting news of

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