Mr Flores said the issues grew more clear over the years, as police would show up at Ramos’s home and neighbours saw fights between the mother and son. Next door neighbour Ruben Flores, 41, told the paper that Ramos had “a pretty rough life with his mom”. “He’d be screaming and talking to his mom really aggressively.”
“He posted videos on his Instagram where the cops were there and he’d call his mom a b**** and say she wanted to kick him out,” Ms Reyes said. High school classmate Nadia Reyes told the Post that Ramos posted an Instagram story two months ago that showed him screaming at his mother, who he said was trying to make him leave the home. Strained relationship with mother and father “He kept getting worse and worse, and I don’t even know,” Mr Garcia said. He said he tried to defend his friend, but when Mr Garcia moved to another area of Texas because of his mother’s job, Ramos “just started being a different person”.Īfter he moved away, he said Ramos left school and began dressing in all black, grew out his hair and started using military boots, he said. Mr Garcia said Ramos once posted a photo of himself with black eyeliner, prompting a large number of comments that included derogatory language levelled at gay people. He just needed to break out of his shell.” “He was the nicest kid, the most shyest kid. “Over social media, over gaming, over everything. “He would get bullied hard, like bullied by a lot of people,” Mr Garcia told The Post. Considering himself Ramos’ best friend in eighth grade, Stephen Garcia said he had a difficult school experience. Ramos said he had done it for fun, Mr Valdez noted.įriends and family members said Ramos was bullied in middle school and junior high for his stutter and lisp. “I was like, ‘You’re crazy, bro, why would you do that?’” “Then he told me the truth, that he’d cut up his face with knives over and over and over,” Mr Valdez said. Mr Valdez described an encounter when Ramos arrived at a park where they used to play basketball with cuts all over his face, initially saying he had been scratched by a cat. They used to play video games together before Ramos changed. Santos Valdez Jr, 18, told The Washington Post that he had known Ramos since their early days of elementary school, adding that they were friends until Ramos’ behaviour began to grow worse. Senator Chris Murphy pleads for Senate to take action on gun control after Texas massacreįriends and relatives have said that Ramos was bullied, cut his own face, fired a BB gun at random people and egged cars in the years leading up to the deadly attack.įamily and friends have also said that he had a difficult home life, that he was bullied over a childhood speech impediment and that he lashed out violently towards both friends, strangers, and his mother – both recently and over the years. Hannah, 18, told the broadcaster that she had reported Ramos’ account after he threatened to shoot up her school, and rape and kill her and her mother during a live stream session. Ramos’s Yubo account was reported by several people due to its graphic content and lewd threats, but was allowed back on the platform following a temporary ban. Ms Robbins said she witnessed Ramos threaten other girls with similar “acts of sexual assault and violence”. He threatened to rape and murder 19-year-old Amanda Robbins after she rejected his sexual advances, according to CNN. Ramos had also allegedly threatened women with sexual violence. Shooter was reported to social media platform for rape threats Yet, people who knew the 18-year-old have painted a picture of a deeply disturbed individual who enjoyed hurting animals and boasted about guns on social media. Mr Abbott said that “there was no meaningful forwarning of his crime” outside of the messages that immediately preceded the attack. Officials have said Ramos had no known criminal record or record of mental health issues prior to the attack. In the six days since the mass shooting, it has emerged that Ramos legally bought over 1,000 rounds of ammunition and two AR-15 rifles just days earlier – as soon as he had turned 18. He was finally shot dead by law enforcement as they stormed the classroom. Ramos then abandoned the truck in a ditch close to the school and headed inside where he shot and killed 19 students aged between nine and 11 and two teachers.
His grandmother called police and was later taken to a hospital in critical condition. The 18-year-old first shot his grandmother in the face before stealing the family truck and driving to Robb Elementary School just before midday on Tuesday. Texas school shooting: Who are the victims?.
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