Texas shooting: Robb Elementary School to be demolished

Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers will be demolished.

Texas Mayor Don Mclaughlin made the claim at a tense and emotional council meeting with residents demanding answers over the shooting.

He did not say when the school would be demolished.

Public anger has risen since the may rampage, with police accused of waiting over an hour to confront the assailant.

Robb Elementary has nearly 600 students in the second, third and fourth grades.

US president Joe Biden had suggested knocking down the school, state senator Roland Gutierrez told local media last month.

The school will not be the first to be demolished after a mass shooting.

Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, was razed after 20 students aged six and seven years old and six staff members were shot in 2012. A new school was built on the same land.