Grief at massacre of 19 small children and two teachers at an elementary school in Texas spills into confrontation, as angry questions mount over gun control and whether the latest mass shooting could have been prevented
In the shattered community of Uvalde, a small mainly Hispanic town about an hour from the Mexican border, there was outrage, too, at how such a tragedy could have occurred.
"My little love is now flying high with the angels above," Angel Garza, whose daughter Amerie Jo Garza had just celebrated her 10th birthday,"More than a dozen children were also wounded at the school, attended by more than 500 students aged around seven to 10 years old, most of them economically disadvantaged.Ramos' grandfather, 73-year-old Rolando Reyes –– whose wife still needed surgery after the attack –– voiced his pain for the bereaved families.
Details have emerged of Ramos as a deeply troubled teen –– he was repeatedly bullied over a speech impediment that included a stutter and a lisp and once cut up his own face "just for fun," a former friend, Santos Valdez, told The Washington Post. After driving his grandmother's vehicle to Robb Elementary, where he crashed it into a ditch, Ramos was confronted by a school resource officer –– but was able to enter through a back door and made his way to two adjoining classrooms.
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