Uvalde School District Police identified Salvador Ramos as the author of the Shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas on Tuesday and where 21 people died, including 19 children.
So far, authorities have not released much information about the shooter, who acted alone and died after the massacre.
Just before he went to school, according to State Senator Roland Gutiérrez, he had shot and killed his grandmother, who survived and was hospitalized in serious condition.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference that no further information was available about the connection between the two shootings.
Some media and official sources reported that Ramos, a US citizen, turned 18 last week and first bought two firearms and a bulletproof vest.
Initial investigations have shown that the young man has published on his Instagram profile a photo of two rifles that may have been used during the massacre, although it is known that one of them was left in the car carrying Ramos shortly before arrival drove to school. .
State Senator Guitiérrez said that days earlier the suspect had posted some messages on his social media suggesting the children be “careful”.
According to media outlets including the Washington Post and CNN, some of Salvador Ramos’ former classmates assured him that he was bullied as a child because he had language difficulties and his family was going through a delicate economic situation.
“Ramos has changed. One time he was passing by a park where we used to play basketball and he had cuts all over his face. First he said that a cat had scratched his face. Then he told me the truth that he cut his face with a knife over and over again, again,” said Santos Valdez, an 18-year-old who has known the suspect since childhood.
Another former colleague, Stephen García, admitted that he was harassed on social media and everywhere, despite describing him as a nice and shy boy.
Likewise, a neighbor of the Ramos family told the press that as he got older, the problems in his home became more acute and obvious.
The police and the fight between the young man and his mother became increasingly evident and a few months ago the boy had moved in with his grandmother, who told the neighbor she was “in the process of evicting Ramos’ mother because of her problems. with drugs.”
After the massacre this Tuesday the third largest massacre at an educational center in the United StatesPresident Biden ordered the United States flag to be flown at half-staff in the White House and on public buildings, military installations and warships until sundown next Saturday.
The Texas governor wrote on his Twitter account that “Texans mourn the victims of this senseless crime and the community of Uvalde.”
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