Harry Styles.Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty
Harry Stylesis using his voice to stand against gun violence in America.
The Grammy Award winner, 28, announced Friday that he’s teaming up withEverytown for Gun Safetyon his upcoming Love On Tour following this week’smass shooting at Robb Elementary Schoolin Uvalde, Texas, whichclaimed 21 lives.
The post also included a statistic fromEverytown Research & Policythat reveals firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States. The organization details that 18,000 children aged 19 and younger are shot every year, and approximately 3 million are exposed to gun violence.
Styles is donating proceeds from the tour, along with matching contributions from Live Nation that equal more than $1 million, to Everytown. The news comes after all 42 shows sold out, including the 10 stops he added last week.
Just over a week prior to Tuesday’sschool shootingthat killed 19 students and two adults,10 Black people were also murderedin a grocery store shooting in Buffalo, New York.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Before arriving at the school, Ramosshot his grandmotherat her residence, and she was subsequently airlifted to a hospital.
Robb Elementary School.Brandon Bell/Getty Images
The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety has since said that Chief of Police Pete Arredondomade the “wrong decision"in not confronting the shooter untilmore than 40 minutes afterhe entered the school.
“From the benefit of hindsight where I’m sitting now, of course, it was not the right decision,” Col. Steven McCraw told reporters. “It was a wrong decision. There’s no excuse for that. We believe there should have been an entry as soon as you can. When there’s an active shooter, the rules change.”
According to McCraw, the shooterbarricaded himself inside a classroomthat they believed was otherwise empty.All of the victimswere reportedlyfound in that room.
One police officertold PEOPLEthat they stood outside the school for more than an hour, waiting for a signal to go in and neutralize the gunman.
“There was almost a mutiny,” he said. “We were like, ‘There’s a f—ing gunman in the school, we hear gunshots, and we’re just going to stand here with our thumbs up our asses?’ We wanted to go in and save lives. It was the most frustrating situation of my entire career.”
source: people.com
