A Texas shooter who killed 22 people with 19 kidsWho was the victim of bullying on Tuesday?violently beatenBefore buying two semi-automatic rifles on the stranger’s 18th birthday.
Friends and relatives said Salvador Ramos, 18, was bullied because of a “speech impediment in childhood” and was “suffering from a frightening home life”. It is also believed that he dropped out of school on several occasions due to bullying.
Two elementary school parents who knew Ramos said he was an “angry” reclusive person. He described her as a “SeriousAccording to the New York Times, a man who often spoke to his mother at a young age, but said they were shocked by such an attack.
he will call his mother now ****
According to Nadia Reyes, a high school classmate, in an Instagram story she yelled at her mother for trying to kick her out of her house.
“He posted videos on his Instagram where the police were and he will call his mother now **** And say she wants to kick him out,” Reyes said according to the Washington Post. “He must be yelling and talking to his mom in a really aggressive way.”
Ramos”a very difficult life“According to his mother, former neighbor Reuben Flores, 41, regularly accompanied shouting arguments that the police were sometimes called.
Ramos was nicknamed “Peylon” for being bald, because his hair was cut so short when he was young, added Flores, who tried to be a kind of father figure to the boy.
As he got older, the problems at home got worse, she said.
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no one really knew him
Adrian Mendez, a night manager at Wendy’s in Uvalde, where the shooter worked until last month, said that “went out of his way to keep himself,
“You know how my boys talk to each other and are friendly? He wasn’t like that. no one really knew him,” Mendez said. Ramos worked at the restaurant for a year.
18-year-old John Michaels, who also worked with Ramos, said he likes to joke. “It’s really frightening,” he said.
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cut his face for fun
A former friend, 18-year-old Santos Valdez Jr., said he had known Ramos since childhood. He used to play shooter video games including Fortnite and Call of Duty.
He said that Ramos once came to a park with a cut on his face.
“Then he told me the truth, that He repeatedly cut his face with knivesr,” Valdez said according to the Washington Post. “I was like, ‘You’re crazy, bro, why would you do that?
Ramos reportedly said he did it for funAccording to Valdez.
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Ramos’ wish list
“About a year ago Ramos posted pictures of automatic rifles on social media saying ‘will be on his wish list‘…Four days ago, he posted pictures of two rifles he called ‘My Gun Pics,'” a friend told the Washington Post.
He is believed to have bought two AR15-style semi-automatic rifles on his 18th birthday. State Senator Roland Gutierrez said, “He did it for the first time when he was 18.”
How was this not a red flag just four days ago! Stupid stuff gets banned from social media but this psycho Salvador Ramos posts his murder weapons and nobody cares.
He is the Rob Elementary School shooter in Uvalde Texas. RIP for admitting the killer pic.twitter.com/UXMMBEA38O— Egypt Thompson (@Egyptthompson) 24 May 2022
The picture was posted as a story under the username “salv8dor_”. Several classmates confirmed that the account belonged to the suspected gunman, Salvador Ramos.
Kids scared IRL…
A clip from the Subway Surfers mobile game is just one post in Ramos’ TikTok page. The bio below his profile picture reads: “Fear the kids IRL” – in real life.
According to local media reports, Ramos was a high school student in the area. It is believed that he entered primary school wearing all black and body armor.
That morning, he messaged a woman with an “I’m about to” message on social media, before tagging her in pictures of guns on Instagram. “About what?” she replied.
He later said, “I’ve got a hidden secret I want to tell you.” “I’ll message you in an hour.”
When he found out what he had done, he reacted in horror.
“The only reason I answered him was because I was afraid of him. I wish I’d stayed awake and at least tried to convince him not to commit.” [this] Crime,” she later wrote in an Instagram Story post that she found out what she had done.
“He’s a stranger. I don’t know anything about him. He decided to tag me in his gun post. I’m so sorry for the victims and their families. I really don’t know what to say,” she said .
Meanwhile, investigators are seeking “detailed background information on the subject, its motives, the types of weapons used, the legal authority to possess them, and to conduct a comprehensive crime-scene investigation and reconstruction,” says Texas Governor Greg Abbott said.
According to Sergeant Eric Estrada of the Texas Department of Public Safety, it is unclear whether Ramos was previously known to law enforcement.
(With inputs from The Washington Post, The New York Times)