Grief engulfed Uvalde as the details emerged. It was not clear who received the messages. Ramos sent the private, one-to-one text messages via Facebook, said company spokesman Andy Stone. Investigators said Ramos did not specify which school. In the last note, sent about 15 minutes before he reached Robb Elementary, he said he was going to shoot up an elementary school, according to Abbott. Ramos wrote that he was going to shoot his grandmother, then that he had shot the woman. Ramos legally bought the rifle and a second one like it last week, just after his birthday, authorities said.Ībout a half-hour before the mass shooting, Ramos sent the first of three online messages warning about his plans, Abbott said. “We don’t see a motive or catalyst right now,” said McCraw of the Department of Public Safety. Greg Abbott said Ramos, a resident of the small town about 85 miles (135 kilometers) west of San Antonio, had no known criminal or mental health history. Investigators also shed no light on Ramos’ motive for the attack, which also left at least 17 people wounded. Gallegos, whose wife called 911, said he had heard no arguments before or after the shots, and knew of no history of bullying or abuse of Ramos, who he rarely saw. His grandmother emerged covered in blood: “She says, ‘Berto, this is what he did. Then he raced away: “He spun out, I mean fast,” spraying gravel in the air. He seemed panicked, Gallegos said, and had trouble getting the truck out of park. Ramos ran out the front door and across the small yard to the truck parked in front of the house. Neighbor Gilbert Gallegos, 82, who lives across the street and has known the family for decades, said he was puttering in his yard when he heard the shots. Parents wrapped their arms around their children, as the speakers lead prayers for healing.īefore attacking the school, Ramos shot and wounded his grandmother at the home they shared, authorities said. Some closed their eyes tight, mouthing silent prayers. Hundreds packed into bleachers at the town’s fairgrounds for a vigil Wednesday and the crowd swelled so big some stood around the speakers on the dirt arena. Robb Elementary, which has nearly 600 students in second, third and fourth grades, is a single-story brick structure in a mostly residential neighborhood of modest homes. Uvalde is a largely Latino town of some 16,000 people about 75 miles (120 kilometers) from the Mexican border.
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