The Uvalde shooter didn’t put up publicly on Facebook that he shot his grandmother after which was going to shoot at a school, Texas Department of Public Safety Col. Steven McCraw stated. It was a personal message on a Facebook software, he stated.
The shooter, Salvador Ramos, requested his sister in September 2021 to assist him purchase a gun, and she or he “flatly refused,” McCraw stated.
In Instagram chats with 4 individuals in March, he mentioned shopping for a gun, McCraw stated.
On March 3, one particular person wrote, “word on the street is you’re buying a gun.” Ramos replied, “just bought something rn,” McCraw stated.
On March 14, there was an Instagram put up by Ramos in quotations “10 more days.”
“A consumer replied, ‘are you going to shoot up a school or one thing?’ The topic replied, ‘no and cease asking dumb questions, and you may see,’ McCraw stated.
