Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just said at a briefing that the Uvlade school gunman posted to Facebook three times before the shooting at the school and he may have a juvenile record:
NEW: Texas Gov. Abbott says the shooter's grandmother called police after being shot in the face.
The shooter may have a juvenile record, he says.
He also posted on Facebook saying, "I am going to shoot an elementary school" just 15 minutes before the shooting, Abbott says.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) May 25, 2022
The third post, where the gunman said he was going to target an elementary school, happened “just 15 minutes before the shooting”:
Gov. Abbott also says that he posted on Facebook "I'm going to shoot my grandmother", then he posted "I shot my grandmother", then he posted "I am going to shoot an elementary school" just 15 minutes before the shooting.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) May 25, 2022
Gov. Abbott also said there was “no meaningful forewarning of this crime”:
There was no meaningful forewarning of this crime other than what I’m about to tell you. As of this time, the only information that was known in advance was posted by the gunman on Facebook approximately 30 minutes before reaching the school. The first post was to the point of he said, “I’m going to shoot my grandmother.” The second post was, “I shot my grandmother.” The third post, maybe less than 15 minutes before arriving at the school, was. “I’m going to shoot an elementary school.”
Watch:
Texas Governor Greg Abbott describes three Facebook posts made by the gunman less than an hour before the shooting occurred. pic.twitter.com/PnYN7Vdbky
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 25, 2022
Gov. Abbott also said there was no history of mental health issues, but. . .
.@GregAbbott_TX says Salvado Ramos was reportedly a high school drop out, w/no criminal history. It's yet to be determined if he had a juvenile record. Ramos had no history of mental health.@KHOU
— Rekha Muddaraj (@RekhaKHOU) May 25, 2022
. . .he did cite mental health issues:
Still, the Governor did point to "mental health" as the problem.
— Rekha Muddaraj (@RekhaKHOU) May 25, 2022
As we told you earlier, the Washington Post reported that there were multiple red flags about Ramos that should have triggered intervention from the school or authorities, such as cutting his own face and saying he did it for fun:
Ramos reportedly cut his own face, shot ppl at night with a bb gun, and was known to police over fights with his mom.https://t.co/MaTVn1Nvkj
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) May 25, 2022
And we still don’t know how Ramos was able to enter the school. The latest reporting says he somehow got past the school resource officer:
I have a lot of questions about this:
"Steve McCraw, the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said that a school resource officer approached the gunman outside Robb Elementary, but he was still able to enter the school."
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) May 25, 2022
Then, according to this report, Ramos was “contained” in the classroom:
The timeline is confusing and needs more explaining: Per McCraw's comments the school resource officer saw the crash and "followed him in" then exchanged fire with Ramos. At that point 2 other officers engaged Ramos and were wounded who then "contained" Ramos in classroom https://t.co/k50n9AHSal
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) May 25, 2022
This would be the same classroom where he murdered the children:
The word "contain" is very important. Remember all children were killed in a single classroom. So are we to understand that officers were on site and waiting for backup from border patrol while Ramos was murdering children inside? https://t.co/yXlsxpwEbl
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) May 25, 2022
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