“My mother tells me that she probably would have shot me too, because she always said she didn’t want it,” said the 42-year-old, moved for the massacre in Uvalde
Salvador Ramos’s father said he did not know why his son became so violent or why he attacked that school
Salvador Ramos’s father, the 18-year-old who on Tuesday In the past he carried out the massacre at the Uvalde school in Texas, asked forgiveness from the families of the 21 victims and assured that he would have preferred his son to kill him.
“I never would have expected something like this from my son. I regret what he has done, he should have killed me”, assured Salvador Ramos, who bears the same name as the young man who murdered 19 children, two teachers and was killed by the Police.
Ramos was working when his mother told him about the massacre. “They killed my little man. I will not see my son anymore, as other parents will not see theirs and that makes me feel bad ”, he stated in a report by the media DailyBeast , which included photos of the 42-year-old man at his girlfriend’s home in Uvalde, where he has lived for several years.
Salvador Ramos, father, received the local press in front of his home after the massacre committed by his son
She also stated that her son was “a good person” who “limited himself” and said she did not know why he became so violent or why he attacked that school. However, he said that he did notice a change in his son in recent months and recalled that he had bought a pair of boxing gloves and worked out in them at a local park. “I started to see different changes in him that way,” he explained.
“My mother tells me that he probably would have shot me too, because he always said he didn’t want it,” he warned in the Daily Beast report.
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Salvador Ramos, 42, lives with his girlfriend in eastern Uvalde
Who was Uvalde’s killer
< b>Victim of ‘bullying’ at school, with difficulties at home and a history of self-harm: The young man who shot dead 19 children in a school in Uvalde, Texas, had a history of problems, similar to that of other perpetrators of previous school massacres.
Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old who was killed by a Border Patrol agent during his attack on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was a US citizen who lived with his grandmother.
Salvador Ramos, the young man who murdered 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, last Tuesday
A day after the attack on Robb Elementary School, in which he also killed two teachers, Details began to emerge about the young man who carried out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings: he was a high school dropout and had no criminal record.
Ramos’ cousin, Mia, toldThe Washington Post that when Ramos was younger he was teased for having a speech impediment, which made him stutter and lisp, and that’s why he told his grandmother that he wanted to stop attending classes.
Stephen García, a former friend of Ramos, confirmed that ‘bullying’ was a problem. “They harassed him a lot, a lot of people harassed him,” Garcia told the Post.
His now-deleted Instagram account showed photos of a young man with shoulder-length hair and closed eyes. His profile also included images of two semi-automatic assault rifles and a plastic pistol magazine.
One of the publications of the young Salvador Ramos exhibited the weapons that he possessed
There was also Reports of fights between Ramos and his mother, who used drugs, according to neighbors. The confrontations between mother and son were serious enough for police to come, they said.
Another friend, Santos Valdez, recalled that Ramos once slashed his face “just for fun”.
Ramos’ first victim was his grandmother, whom he shot in the face.The 66-year-old woman was able to call the police and was airlifted in critical condition to a hospital near San Antonio.
The gunman, who posted on Facebook of his intention to attacking an elementary school, fled his grandmother’s house in a vehicle, wearing a tactical vest and armed with a rifle. He then crashed near a ditch outside Robb Elementary School, got out, and headed to the school, where police tried to stop him, but were unsuccessful.
< b>Ramos barricaded himself in two adjoining classrooms and shot students and teachers inside, authorities said. Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde School District police chief in charge of the investigation, said Ramos acted alone.
Flowers, candles and photos were left in front of crosses with the names of the victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas (REUTERS/Marco Bello)
Bullying and mental health issues have been common denominators in America’s tragically frequent and deadly school shootings.
More than 20 years ago, two teenage boys who had been bullied by other students killed 13 people and took their own lives at their high school in Columbine, Colorado.
In 2007, a mentally challenged student killed 32 people in a shooting at Virginia State Polytechnic Institute. The attacker, who also committed suicide, had referred to the Columbine shooters as “martyrs” in a video before the attack.
With information from AFP
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