In Uvalde, a community of deep Latino roots is further bound by grief

In Uvalde, Texas, the mostly Hispanic residents of a city with deep Mexican American roots grappled with the tragedy of one of the nation's worst school shootings.

UVALDE, Texas — Torres. Garcia. Lopez. Garza. Flores. Ramirez. Rodriguez. Mireles. Rubio. Cazares. Salazar. Bravo. Mata. Luevano.

Uvalde is a quiet, predominantly Hispanic city with deep Mexican American roots in an area known for agriculture, forestry and open land. On Thursday, a profound sense of mourning sunk in as an all-black front page graced the local newspaper, the Uvalde Leader-News.

The cover did not mention the victims' names, just "May 24, 2022” in white letters over black ink, marking the shooting that killed at least 19 children and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School.

The front page of the Uvalde Leader-News on Thursday showing the date of the Robb Elementary School shooting.Liz Moskowitz for NBC NewsPeople take flowers to the school memorial in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday.Liz Moskowitz for NBC NewsThe date will forever be a demarcation line for the town of approximately 16,000 people, where everybody essentially knows one another and many are extended family.

“I can’t remember anything this big, this awful,” Adrian Alonzo, a relative of Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia, one of the children killed, said as family and friends gathered at the home of Eliahna's grandparents.

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