Actor “Interstellar” speaks out about the Texas shootings

Follow Page Six, Actor Matthew McConaughey has returned to his hometown in Uvalde, Texas after a mass shooting at a school took place earlier this week.

actor Interstellar participated in a visit to the Uvalde Civic Center and the families and people affected by the tragedy, including parents who lost their children in the shooting and staff on the school site where the shooting took place. out.

Actor McConaughey was born in Uvalde and spent most of his childhood in town.

“Thank you Matthew McConaughey for helping to heal our community. Your visit has brought smiles, much needed for Uvalde at this time. See you soon, my friend”, Gonzales (41) age) wrote on Twitter.

The 56-year-old actor had a post on his personal page, extremely moving about the tragedy. “As you all know today there was a mass shooting, which took place in my hometown of Uvalde, Texas,” he wrote.

“Once again, we have to suffer a tragedy, to prove one thing, we have not fulfilled our responsibility to the rights that freedom confers upon us. This is a controllable epidemic. control and no matter which side you are on, we need to do better. Action needs to be taken, so that no parent has to suffer like the mothers and fathers in Uvalde.” the male actor called.

Earlier, on the afternoon of May 24 (US time), gunman Salvador Ramos (18 years old) burst into Robb Elementary School with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and killed 19 students and 2 teachers. . At least 17 other people were injured in the shooting, while all the victims were inside a classroom.

Follow Reutersabout 20 police officers waited outside in the hallway for nearly an hour before special forces stormed the classroom and killed the gunman Ramos.

The scene commander at the time said that the gunman had set up a barricade inside the classroom and the students were temporarily not in danger.

Several videos appeared on social media on May 26, showing many impatient parents waiting outside the school urging the police to rush in while the shooting was taking place.