UVALDE, Texas – Two juveniles were injured after being shot at a memorial park for the victims of a mass shooting at a southern Texas city more than three months ago.
Update: 5:30 p.m. EDT Sept. 9: Uvalde Police Department identified the victims as Bruce Brown, 18. and a 16-year-old. Brown is in stable condition and UPD said they are not releasing information about the 16-year-old since they are underage but they are in stable but critical condition.
According to KSAT, the four suspects have been identified by UPD and each were charged. Donavan Hill, 17, has been charged with nine counts including engaging in organized criminal activity and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Karlyn Alexandrya Valdez, 22, has been charged with engaging in organized criminal activity, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and the endangering of a child.
Brandon L. Alba, 18, has been hospitalized from injuries. Once he is released, according to KSAT, he will be served an arrest warrant for nine counts including engaging in organized criminal activity and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Lastly, a 16-year-old has been taken into custody at a juvenile detention facility. They have been charged with nine counts including organized criminal activity and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The investigation is ongoing and no further information has been released.
Update 10:11 p.m. EDT Sept. 8: Two juveniles were wounded in the shooting at Uvalde Memorial Park at about 5:30 p.m. CDT, according to a news release from the Uvalde Police Department. The department added that four suspects are in custody.
The two victims are in stable condition, Uvalde police Chief Daniel Rodriguez told KENS-TV.
Original report: According to a Facebook post by the Uvalde Police Department, officers were called to Uvalde Memorial Park at about 5:30 p.m. CDT.
Thursday’s incident occurred after a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24 left 21 people dead, including 19 elementary students and two teachers, KSAT-TV reported.
Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez said police are looking for two suspects, who he did not identify, according to KENS-TV. Police did not reveal the extent of the victims’ injuries. The victims were taken to a San Antonio hospital via helicopter, according to KSAT.
Authorities told residents that the shooting was “not a dangerous situation for the general public.”
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The shooting occurred two days after students returned to class for the new school year, ABC News reported.
The Robb Elementary School campus was closed by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District in June, KXAN-TV reported. Students who would have attended classes there are being taught at other district facilities, according to the television station.
Uvalde Memorial Park is located about one mile from Robb Elementary School, KTVT reported.
The shooting comes a little more than two weeks after Pete Arredondo, the school police chief in Uvalde, Texas, lost his job over the slow response at Robb Elementary School.
Arredondo was one of the first officers to respond to reports of the shooting, although he failed to take the lead during the law enforcement response, according to a report issued last month by a Texas House committee. The panel was tasked with investigating the deadliest school shooting in the state’s history. The committee noted in its report that there were no “villains” found during its investigation, attributing issues with the response instead to “systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making.”
Arredondo, who had won a seat on the Uvalde City Council, was sworn in during a private ceremony the week after the deadly shooting, KSAT reported. He skipped the first two city council meetings.
Arredondo resigned his council seat in early July.
Hinojosa McKenzie, 28, fourth from left, prays for her cousin Eliahana Torres and other victims, at a memorial site for victims killed in the Robb Elementary school shooting, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A woman walks toward Robb Elementary School to lay flowers for the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A state trooper carries a stand with an image depicting Jesus outside Robb Elementary School to place it around a memorial honoring the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jessica Morales, whose cousin, Ellie Garcia, was killed in this week’s elementary school shooting, writes encouraging words on her SUV in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. "You don’t expect things like this to happen," said Morales. "It left a big hole in my heart." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A state trooper is handed flowers and stuffed animals outside Robb Elementary School to be placed at a memorial honoring the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Hinojosa McKenzie, 28, writes a message on a cross for her cousin Eliahana Torres, at a memorial site for victims, including her cousin, killed in the Robb Elementary school shooting, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Members of the Mennonite community of Uvalde sing hymns to offer comfort to people visiting a memorial site for victims killed in the Robb Elementary school shooting, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
Messages written in chalk decorate the footpaths at a memorial site for victims killed in the Robb Elementary school shooting, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A family prays at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School for the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A group of bikers pray outside Robb Elementary School for the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Pastor Humberto Jnr, center, wearing a t-shirt that says "In Uvalde As In Heaven," leads a prayer circle at a memorial site for victims killed in the Robb Elementary school shooting, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A "Uvalde Strong" sign is posted on an electric pole in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. Nineteen children were looking forward to a summer filled with Girl Scouts and soccer and video games. Two teachers were closing out a school year that they started with joy and that had held such promise. They’re the 21 people who were killed Tuesday when an 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself in a fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School in the southwestern Texas town of Uvalde. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Jarrod Tomassi, 45, holds an American flag outside Robb Elementary School while praying for the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
People carry flowers as they walk toward a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in the school shooting earlier in the week in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
A man kisses the cross of Layla Salazar at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
A state trooper carries a sign handed to him to be place at a memorial honoring the victims killed in this week’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Bikers wear T-shirts that say "United with Uvalde" to honor victims killed in this week’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Flowers and candles are placed around crosses at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A large teddy bear is placed at a memorial in front of crosses bearing the names of the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Hinojosa McKenzie, 28, writes a message on a cross for her cousin Eliahana Torres, at a memorial site for victims, including her cousin, killed in the Robb Elementary school shooting, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
A law enforcement personnel stands next to a large teddy bear at a memorial honoring the victims in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
People pay their respects at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in this week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
People visit a memorial set up in a town square to honor the victims killed in this week’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A state trooper places a tiara on a cross honoring Ellie Garcia, one of the victims killed in this week’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Irma Garcia was a teacher at Robb Elementary. It was confirmed through a GoFundMe site set up to raise funds for funeral expenses and family needs. Garcia was a wife and mother to four children. She died shielding students from gunfire.
Courtesy: Felix and Kimberly Rubio
Undated family photos of Lexi Rubio, who was killed in Tuesday’s shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Photos of Robb Elementary School victim Jose Flores Jr., 10
Xavier Lopez, a victim in the school shooting on May 24, 2022, is pictured in an undated family photo.
Courtesy Cecily Saenz and Laura Mejia
Fourth-grader Xavier Lopez died in the school shooting, his family confirmed to ABC News.
According to his cousin, Xavier’s mom was at his awards ceremony one to two hours prior to the shooting, not knowing it would be the last time she would see him.
Eva Mireles, 4th Grade Teacher at Robb Elementary and victim in the school shooting on May 24, 2022, is pictured in an undated family photo.
Courtesy Lydia Martinez Delgado
Eva Mireles, a fourth-grade teacher at the elementary school, was killed in the shooting, her aunt, Lydia Martinez Delgado, confirmed to ABC News. She had been a teacher in the school district for approximately 17 years, Delgado said.
Aunt Polly Flores identified her two nieces Annabelle Rodriguez, 10 and Jackie Cazares, 10 as among the students killed in the Uvalde shooting. They were both in the fourth grade, in the same class at Robb Elementary. (Courtesy Polly Flores via ABC News)
Eliahana Cruz Torres, in an undated family photo. Torres died in the Robb Elementary School shooting on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (The Cruz family via ABC)
Amerie jo Garza, a victim in the school shooting on May 24, 2022, is pictured in an undated family photo. (Courtesy Angel Garza via ABC News)
Aunt Polly Flores identified her two nieces Annabelle Rodriguez, 10 and Jackie Cazares, 10 as among the students killed in the Uvalde shooting. They were both in the fourth grade, in the same class at Robb Elementary, she told me.
Annabelle is holding an honor roll certificate. (Courtesy Polly Flores via ABC News)
The Archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia-Siller, comforts families outside of the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
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 May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
People react outside the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
The Archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia-Siller, right, comforts families outside of the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
The American flag flies at half staff on the White House after President Joe Biden spoke about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, from the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
President Joe Biden speaks to the nation about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, from the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, as first lady Jill Biden listens.
President Joe Biden tells reporters he will speak about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, later in the evening as he arrives at the White House, in Washington, from his trip to Asia, Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
People react outside the Civic Center in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Texas elementary school, killing multiple people.
People wait outside of the Civic Center in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. An 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School, killing multiple people.
Law enforcement personnel stand next to an armored vehicle outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Law enforcement personnel gather gear outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Law enforcement personnel, including the FBI, gather near Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Law enforcement personnel, including the FBI, arrive at Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Law enforcement personnel stand outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Law enforcement personnel stand outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Law enforcement personnel stand outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
A Texas State Police officer walks outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Law enforcement, and other first responders, gather outside Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Police walk near Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Police walk near Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
Police walk near Robb Elementary School following a shooting, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.
