A rose with a message at the entrance to Robb Elementary. Photo: AP
It should have been the first day of a happy week for Robb Primary School students: the start of the summer vacation. Instead, the first two of the 19 children killed in one of their classrooms they were remembered at vigils on Monday.
the of Amérie Jo Garza10 years, was held at the Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home in Uvalde, Texas, right in front of the school school where children, along with two teachers, were shot dead on Tuesday before the same shooter was killed. The wake of another 10-year-old girl, Maite Rodriguez, took place in the other funeral home in town.
On occasion the next two and a half weeks, the inhabitants of this city in southwestern Texas will greet the children and their teachers in subsequent and heartbreaking funeral ceremonies and burials.
Amerie Jo Garza, 10 years old. Photo: Chandan Khanna / AFP
While family and friends vent their pain, those responsible for the investigation will require answers on how police responded to the shooting and lawmakers said they will consider what can be done to curb the gun violence that is spreading in the United States.
Twelve funerals in one week
just this week The funeral of 11 children and the teacher Irma Garcia are planned.
On Monday, some of the mourners who attended Amerie’s wake were dressed in shades of lilac or lavender – Amerie’s favorite – at the request of her father, Angel Garza. A lot of they carried flowersincluding some purples.
The little one, who loved to drawhe had received a cellphone for his 10th birthday. One of his friends told Angel Garza that Amerie tried to use the phone call the police during the attack on his fourth grade class.
Among those who witnessed Amerie’s mourning were some of Maite’s relatives. Like many people, they attended both vigils.
Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10 years old. Photo: Chandan Khana / AFP
Maite’s family wore green shirts with an illustration showing her with angel wings. Before entering the funeral home, they stopped at the ditch to see the metal fence where attacker Salvador Ramos crashed a pickup truck before crossing a field and entering the school.
“How did he walk so long?” asked Juana Magaña, Maite’s aunt.
The Hillcrest Funeral Home itself and the shoot will be linked forever. After Ramos crashed the vehicle, two men who were at the funeral home they heard the crash and ran to the place of the accident. Ramos fired at them but missed and both men fled to safety.
Elijah’s funeral “Ellie Garcia It will be June 6, one day after what was supposed to be his 10th birthday. His family I had prepared a great party for the occasion from next grandma’s weekend. She expected to receive related gifts with Disney’s “Charming”.
“He loved that movie and talked about it a lot,” said his aunt, Syria Arizmendi.
She was quiet with her family too, but she enjoyed making videos and had already practiced with her older sister. a choreography for your party Quinceañera, even though there were still five years to go, Arizmendi added.
By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press
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Source: Clarin
