Matthew McConaughey Says "Devastating American Reality" Must Be Addressed After Mass Shooting In His Hometown Of Uvalde, Texas

By Li Cohen, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

May 25, 2022

Actor Matthew McConaughey is speaking out about Tuesday's tragic mass shooting at an elementary school that devastated Uvalde, Texas. The small city, where at least 19 children were killed at Robb Elementary, is the actor's hometown.

The shooting at Robb Elementary occurred the morning of the school's second to last day of the semester. An 18-year-old gunman, who according to officials had shot his grandmother and crashed his vehicle near the campus, "was shooting everybody" when he entered the building, which housed second, third and fourth-graders.

"Once again, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us," McConaughey wrote in a statement just after midnight that appeared on his social media platforms.

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