Over the next two-and-a-half traumatic weeks, people in Uvalde will say goodbye to the children and their teachers, one heart-wrenching visitation, funeral and burial after another.
UVALDE, Texas -- It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students - the start of summer break. Instead on Monday, the first two of 19 children slain inside a classroom were being remembered at funeral visitations.
The little girl who loved to draw had just received a cellphone for her 10th birthday. One of her friends told Angel Garza that Amerie tried to use the phone to call police during the assault on her fourth-grade classroom.Among the mourners at Amerie's visitation were some of Maite's relatives. Like many people, they were attending both.
Ellie's older sister is doing OK, Arizmendi said, understanding their family and others face a long road to recovery.Funeral directors, embalmers and others from across Texas arrived to help. Jimmy Lucas, president of the Texas Funeral Directors Association, brought a hearse and volunteered to work as a driver, pitch in for services, or do whatever he could, he told NBC News.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Sunday a review of the law enforcement response. Police have come under heavy criticism for taking well over an hour to kill Ramos inside the adjoining classrooms where he unleashed carnage. Authorities have said Ramos legally purchased two guns not long before the school attack: an AR-style rifle on May 17 and a second rifle on May 20. He had just turned 18, permitting him to buy the weapons under federal law.
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