Hillary Clinton said Friday’s shooting at a high school in southeastern Texas should encourage “soul searching” that should be matched with stricter gun laws to deal with “this national shame.”

“Every day that we fail to act on gun violence, we are failing our children. This should be a day for soul searching across America - and that soul searching should be matched with legislating to begin dealing with this national shame,” Clinton tweeted.



Every day that we fail to act on gun violence, we are failing our children. This should be a day for soul searching across America - and that soul searching should be matched with legislating to begin dealing with this national shame. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) May 18, 2018

Nine students and one teacher were killed when a gunman opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas.

Multiple sources said the suspected shooter is 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a junior at the high school. Pagourtzis was taken into custody following the shooting. A second person, described as a “person of interest,” was also taken into custody, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.

In the wake of the massacre, which comes three months after 17 were killed at a shooting at a South Florida high school, President Trump said “every level of government” should act to prevent additional school shootings from occurring.