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Fourteen victims of Uvalde shooting identified

Close up image of teardrop rolls down the boy's cheek, his eyes are closed, he is upset and crying. Sad, unhappy emotions of child.

Axios reports 14 of the 21 victims — 19 kids and two of their teachers — have been identified so far. The victims were all in the same classroom, law enforcement said.

Eliahna Garcia, 10, loved to sing, dance and play basketball, AP reports.

Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, 10, “had the biggest heart,” her father, Jacinto Cazares, told ABC 7.

Jose Flores Jr. was a fourth grader who loved baseball and video games.

Uziyah Garcia, 8, was “the sweetest little boy that I’ve ever known,” his grandfather said, per AP.

Alithia Ramirez, 10, wanted to be an artist, her father told a local NBC affiliate. She’d submitted an entry to the Doodle for Google contest.

Amerie Jo Garza, 10, was “full of life, a jokester, always smiling,” her father told the N.Y. Times.

Xavier Javier Lopez, 10, was a “bubbly” boy who loved to dance with his brothers and mom and was anxiously awaiting a summer of swimming.

Rojelio Torres, 10, “was a very intelligent, hard-working and helpful person,” his aunt said.

Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10, was in the same classroom as her cousin, who was also killed in the shooting, her family said.

Eliahana Cruz Torres, 10, had been eagerly awaiting her last softball game of the season on Tuesday, her family told a local CBS affiliate.

Jailah Silguero loved to dance and had started to imitate TikTok videos, her grandmother told The Daily Beast.

Jayce Carmelo Luevanos was Jailah’s cousin and loved making people laugh.

Irma Garcia, a teacher for 23 years, loved to barbecue with her husband and listen to music. She was a mom of four.

Eva Mireles was a teacher for 17 years. She loved to run and hike and her “laughter was contagious,” relative Amber Ybarra told AP and NBC’s “Today” show.

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