Cowboys' Dak Prescott on Texas school shooting: ‘It makes me fearful to have children’

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott expressed fear and sadness Wednesday when discussing Tuesday's school shooting in Texas. 

The shooting, which left at least 19 children and two adults dead, happened at an elementary school in Uvalde, about 380 miles southwest of Cowboys headquarters. 

"Honestly, it makes me fearful to have children, and that's not right," Prescott said after practice, via USA Today. "I don’t care if you’re an athlete or not. We’re talking about children. We’re talking about the future. I mean, I don’t have kids and can’t imagine having to send my kid to school with that anxiety."

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott during a game between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles Jan. 8, 2022, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Authorities identified the gunman as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos of Uvalde. Law enforcement officials said Ramos acted alone and was killed by a Border Patrol agent who rushed into Robb Elementary School without waiting for backup.

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Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence said he doesn't feel safe sending his kids to school anymore. The two-time Pro Bowler said he reached out to his wife after the shooting, asking if their children had returned home safely from school. 

"This is something that’s been happening for weeks … and now it hits an elementary school, and we decide to turn on our TV and act like something is different?" Lawrence added, via the outlet. "I feel like we are sitting back and looking on the outside and saying, ‘It’s not my family, so it has nothing to do with me.’ And,