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For: The opinion Updated 25 May 2022, 12: 42 pm EDT
The author of the massacre at the Robb Elementary school in the city of Uvalde, Salvador Ramos, which caused the death of 19 children and two teachers, was bullied by his classmates for being poor , for the clothes she wore and for painting eyeliner on her eyes.
In an interview with CNN, a former classmate of Salvador Ramos, who preferred to keep to remain anonymous, he said he they were somewhat close and used to play Xbox together . He also detailed that the massacre shooter was a fan of the shooting and fighting game
“Call of Duty”.
In one of the messages that Salvador Ramos sent to his friend, he told him that now he looked different: “Now I look different. You wouldn’t recognize me”, said Ramos to his friends, less than a week ago.
Another schoolmate said that he had constantly missed classes because other students bullied him because of his clothes and because of his family’s difficult financial situation.
“He didn’t go to school …and just, slowly gave up. He barely came to school”, he detailed.
Furthermore, he pointed out that after the young North Dakota native
graduated from high school, the two became even more distant, but would occasionally message each other on Xbox.
Reports from the authorities indicate that four days before the shooting on Tuesday 24 May, Ramos sent his friend a photo of the AR and a backpack full of 5 caliber bullets,56.
” probably like seven. I was like, ‘Brother, why do you have this?’ and he said: ‘Don’t worry about it’”, detailed the young man.
Salvador Ramos had bought two rifles on his birthday number 18, which was a few days ago, according to Daily Best, although it was not specified where he got enough money to buy the firearms, because he worked at a Wendy’s.
On the other hand, a resident of Salvador Ramos spoke to the local news channel Newsy and said that once he saw the young man, arguing with his grandmother and claiming that he was angry because he did not graduate. His grandmother was the first one the teenager shot.
According to the police report de Uvalde points out that the massacre took place the day after his classmates graduated.
One of your neighbors us, identified as Rubén Flores of 41 years old, detailed to the newscast that the shooter of the Uvalde massacre had a “quite hard life” with his mother and that he had tried to be a father figure for the teenager.
The police had previously visited the house of his mother on Hood Street, and according to the troublesome young man, he often argued with his mother, all this before moving into his grandmother’s house across town just a few months ago.
Tuesday morning, Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary in Uvalde and shot children and teachers without distinction, who tried to escape from the barrage of bullets.
The attack left 21 dead people, among which are 19 children and 2 teachers . The attacker of 18 years old died in an exchange shooting with the police.
Under a new Texas law passed in September, people from 18 a 21 years old
could buy guns if they had a protection order, because they were at risk of family violence, stalking, prostitution, or sex trafficking. The law also eliminated the requirement for a permit for a firearm. The rifles were already allowed in Texas without a license.
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