'FORGIVE ME': The mother of the gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school is speaking out to the public.
Adriana Martinez, the mother of 18-year-old Salvador Ramos,"I have no words. I have no words to say. I don't know what he was thinking," she said tearfully. "He had his reasons for doing what he did and please don't judge him. I only want the innocent children who died to forgive me."When asked what she would say to the families of the victims, Martinez said, "Forgive me, forgive my son.
I know he had his reasons."Martinez replied, "To get closer to those children, instead of paying attention to the other bad things. I have no words, I don't know."Polk Sheriff Grady Judd and Ryan Petty, whose daughter Alaina was killed in the Parkland school shooting in 2018, discuss school safety in the wake of the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school where 19 children and two teachers were killed earlier this week.
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