The Texas school shooting victims have all been identified: This is who they are

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The identities of the child victims have been confirmed as eight-year-old Uziyah Garcia; Eliana “Ellie” Lugo-Garcia, aged 9; 10-year-olds Amerie Jo Garza, Makenna Lee Elrod, Xavier James Lopez, Jose Flores, Navaeh Bravo, Alithia Ramirez, Alexandria “Lexi” Rubio, Eliahana “Elijah” Cruz Torres, Tess Marie Mata, Rojelio Torres, Layla Salazar, Maite Rodriguez, cousins Jailah Nicole Silguero and Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, and cousins Jackie Jaylen Cazares and Annabelle Guadalupe Rodriguez; and 11-year-old Miranda Mathis. This has just taken a toll on all of us.” Lamenting the lax gun laws in the country, she said: “We should have more restrictions, especially if these kids are not in their right state of mind and all they want to do is just hurt people, especially innocent children going to the schools.” open image in gallery Xavier James Lopez, 10, was looking forward to a summer of swimming Angel Garza, the father of Amerie, confirmed her death in a Facebook post. “He wasn’t a kid who would look for trouble.” open image in gallery Jose Flores received an award for making the honour roll hours before shooting, his uncle said Family members of Annabelle Guadalupe Rodriguez and Ellie Lugo-Garcia confirmed the deaths of their daughters, hours after they issued appeals to report them missing. “It’s always been a fear of mine to lose a kid.” Jailah’s cousin, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10, died in the same classroom, family members confirmed on Facebook posts, making them the second set of cousins to have been killed in the elementary school attack.