Texas elementary school shooterSalvador Rolando Ramoswas a loner who’d moved in with his grandparents two months ago following an intense argument with his mother, according to the man who has been dating her just over a year.
Speaking to NBC News, Juan Alvarez, 62, said the fight that led the shooter to move out centered around Wi-Fi, and his mother’s decision to disconnect it.
Alvarez added that the shooter —who murdered 19 children and two teachersin an attack that unfolded Tuesday morning — had a tumultuous relationship with his mom, and that the two argued often.
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Before going tothe Robb Elementary School in Uvaldewith a single AR-15 and a pair of 23-round magazines, the shootershot his grandmother in the face.
Law enforcement at Tuesday’s scene.Dario Lopez-Mills/AP/Shutterstock
She managed to make it to the home of a neighbor, who called 911. She is said to be in critical condition at a San Antonio hospital.
During apress conferenceon Wednesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said “there was no meaningful forewarning of this crime.” Abbott noted the shooter signed into Facebook about 30 minutes before the murders and posted three messages.
“The first post was, ‘I am going to shoot my grandmother,'” Abbott said. “Then the second was, ‘I shot my grandmother.’ Fifteen minutes before he reached the school, he posted, ‘I am going to shoot an elementary school.'”
A former friend of the killer, 18-year-old Santos Valdez Jr., 18, toldThe Washington Posttheir relationship dissolved when the shooter’s behavior changed.
Valdez told the newspaper Ramos would sometimes drive around with another friend, shooting a BB gun at random people. He also enjoyed egging strangers’ cars.
The massacrebegan at about 11:30 a.m. in Uvalde, a small city about 85 miles west of San Antonio.
It is believed police killed the suspect. A motive for the murders, if known, has not been released.
Police said at a Tuesday press conference they believe the shooter acted alone.
The children killed were in the second, third, and fourth grades, police confirmed. Among the dead weretwo sets of cousinsand fourth grade teacherEva Mireles, 44.
source: people.com
