Meghan Markle visits school in Texas after shooting tragedy
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, left flowers on the cross for 10-year-old victim Uziyah Garcia when she visited Uvalde, Texas on Thursday to honour the victims of an elementary school shooting that saw the death of 19 young students and two teachers.
On Tuesday, an 18-year-old shooter in a protective vest crashed his car into a ditch near the school, after passing law enforcement, and entering a classroom killing 21 people.
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Markle, who is a resident of California together with her husband Prince Harry and their two young children, was seen holding blooming white flowers with a purple ribbon at a monument outside the Uvalde County Courthouse. She knelt and bowed before the cross for 10-year-old victim Uziyah Garcia. The Duchess wore jeans, sneakers, and a baseball cap.
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According to a spokesperson for the Duchess of Sussex, Markle wanted to show up in her capacity as a mother to personally extend her condolences and support to a community experiencing this unimaginable and atrocious bereavement.
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This is not the first for Megan Markle to uphold support to victims. In 2019, the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry paid tribute to the victims of a terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, where 50 people passed away and plenty sustained serious injuries after a gunman opened fire on two mosques.
Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, visited a memorial site with flowers to honor the victims killed in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. (📷: Jae C. Hong, AP) pic.twitter.com/cSXlxNVWM2
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