He was only 18 years old. The portrait of Salvador Ramos, the author of the Robb elementary school shooting, located in Uvalde, Texas, begins to take shape, a few hours after the shooting which left 21 dead, including 19 children.
According to Pete Arredondo, police chief of the Uvalde school district in charge of the investigation, the young man would have acted alone. He is said to have shot his grandmother first, before going to primary school where, dressed in paramilitary clothing, he was shot dead by the police. His motive remains unknown at this time.
A lonely young man
Salvador Ramos, of American nationality, was a student at Uvalde High School, according to Texas Governor Greg Abott, without it being known whether he graduated this year.
According to the New York Times, he worked at a restaurant for a year, before quitting a month ago. The American daily quotes Adrian Mendez, its ex-manager, who affirms that Salvador Ramos “did everything to be alone. No one really knew him.”
According to the daily based in Houston (Texas) the Houston Time.news which quotes the Texas senator John Whitmire, he would have bought his weapon on May 17, the day after his 18 years, legal age in Texas to hold a weapon. Three days later, Salvador Ramos would have bought a second rifle.
Investigators are trying to obtain “detailed information about the profile” of the young killer, “his motives, the type of weapons used and whether he had the legal authority to possess them,” Governor Greg Abbott said. A mugshot circulated in local media shows a young man with shoulder-length brown hair, his face pale and expressionless.
Mocked by his comrades
A friend, who did not wish to reveal his identity to CNN and with whom Salvador Ramos regularly played on the console, claimed to have received photos of assault rifles from the alleged killer. Salvador Ramos would have, according to CNN, added that “his friend would not recognize him”.
Still according to this comrade, Ramos was mocked by his classmates because of his clothes and the financial situation of his family: “He barely came to school, he slowly gave up”.
Present on Instagram and TikTok
Salvador Ramos was present on Instagram and TikTok. On his Instagram account, deleted after the killing, he posted several photos: two black and white self-portraits in which he appears wearing a hooded jacket, his hair down to his neck, and the photo of a rifle magazine. .
On TikTok, the alleged perpetrator had written “Kids be scared irl” in his biography. That is to say “children are afraid in real life”.