In mourning, hundreds of people gathered to mourn 19 children and 2 teachers who were victims of a horrific massacre at their school in Uvalde, Texas, committed by an 18-year-old young man with carrying an assault rifle legally purchased.
The tragedy, which raises the eternal question of the limit of guns in the United States, has shocked this small town of 16,000 inhabitants, mostly Hispanics, with disease. A thousand people gathered on Wednesday night for a vigil at a rodeo hall in Uvalde.
My heart was broken, sobbed Ryan Ramirez, who lost his 10-year-old daughter Alithia on the hunt. Beside him, his wife Jessica was softly crying, their other daughter in his arms.
He is a very good actor and loves greatness, Mr. Ramirez said as he unfolded the portfolio of Alithia’s colorful paintings and birthday cards he had drawn for his mother. My daughter wants everyone affected to be stable, to stay united. That’s what we’re trying to do.
Esmeralda Bravo, for her part, is holding a photo of Nevaeh, her late granddaughter. There is no explanationhe says. She was a good little girl, very shy and very beautiful. […] Having community support is very important to me, but I would rather have my little girl by my side.
My little love is now flying in the sky with the angels abovewrote on Facebook by Angel Garza, whose son Amerie Jo is celebrating his 10th birthday. I love you Amerie JoHe added. I will never be happy or not like before.
Disturbing details have continued to emerge since the killings.
Speaking to reporters, Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed that the killer, Salvador Ramos, who was killed by police, shot his 66-year-old grandmother in the face before walking to Robb’s Primary school.
The young man has no criminal history with minor or psychological problems known to local health services, the governor said, calling him a denied.
Facebook posts
The killer had earlier announced on Facebook his intention to attack his grandmother. And although seriously injured, he was able to alert the police.
He then posted a new message to say he did. Then, at least 15 minutes before the massacre, a third to let him know that his next target was a school. He went there wearing a bulletproof vest and an AR-15, a civilian version of the military assault rifle designed to kill as many people as possible in record time.
Security forces tried to prevent him from entering the school, but after an exchange of gunfire, he was able to barricade himself in a classroom. In addition to the 21 dead, 17 were injured in the tragedy.
In the United States, school shootings are a recurring plague that successive governments have so far had no power to prevent.
The debate on gun regulation in the country is virtually stagnant, due to the hopelessness that Congress will pass an ambitious national law on the issue.
I am saddened and angry with our government for not doing enough to limit access to gunssaid Rosie Buantel, a resident of Uvalde, after mass on Wednesday. We have been through this so many times, and done nothinginsisted this fiftieth.
In a sign of the tension surrounding the subject, the press conference of Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, was interrupted by his opponent Beto O’Rourke, who accused him of having his share of responsibility.
You say it’s not predictable, it’s completely predictable from the moment you decide not to do anythingsaid this Democratic Party figure in Texas.
Visit of President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will travel to this state with his wife in the next few days.
The other day, he gave an emotional speech from the White House, which called take the pain into action.
When, for God’s sake, will we face the gun lobby? he launched, said to himself sick and tired in front of the litany of school hunts.
The strong pro-gun lobby, the NRAremoved on Wednesday of all responsibility, attacked the act of an isolated and insane criminal.
I consider this person to be absolutely evilsaid for his part Mr. Abbott, expressing a common position among American Republicans, that unlimited access to weapons is not to blame for the epidemic of violence plaguing the country.
It was one of the worst killings in recent years in the United States.
The young assassin, of American nationality, recently bought two assault rifles and 375 cartridges, just after his 18th birthday.
The AR-15 rifle, a very lethal weapon, has notoriously been used in other heavy-handed shootings, such as the 2018 shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people, most of them are children. teenagers.
A former friend of the shooter Santos Valdez said Washington Post that Salvador Ramos was bullied as a child because of his speech impairment, and he once cut off his face just for fun.
Source: Radio-Canada
