School records reveal the downward trajectory of the teenage assassin prior to the 2022 mass shooting at Uvalde school.
The tragic events of the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have shed light on the troubled past of the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.
Records released by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District show that Ramos was a bright learner in kindergarten but had escalating academic and behavioral troubles over the years. By middle school, he was repeatedly suspended or disciplined for harassment, bullying, fighting, insubordination, and failing to meet minimum statewide testing standards.
In October 2021, seven months prior to the shooting, Ramos withdrew from high school due to "poor academic performance" and lack of attendance, having failing grades in nearly every class.
Law enforcement had prior contact with Ramos; deputies visited his home months before the shooting after his mother expressed fear of him. In the weeks before the attack, Ramos exhibited troubling online behavior, including threatening suicide and referencing other mass shootings.
The Uvalde school police chief, Pete Arredondo, has been a target of blame for the slow law enforcement response during the massacre. Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales, another former Uvalde school district officer, are the only responding officers who face criminal charges for their actions that day.
A fourth-grade teacher who was inside the school during the shooting, Lynn Deming, expressed frustration about being ignored by the district in the aftermath of the attack. Deming described taking students inside from recess when they heard gunshots and trying to lay in front of them to block them from the gunfire.
Arredondo was placed on paid leave by the Uvalde district on June 22, 2022, and was directed not to enter any district building, go on any campus, or attend any school activity.
The records released offer scant new revelations surrounding the attack and the gunman. They do not include any video from the day of the shooting. Text messages between Uvalde school staffers show that officials briefly noted criticisms of the response but avoided responding via text message in the days after the shooting.
The records do not shed light on the hesitant and widely criticized police response. The text messages do not reveal any responses to the criticisms of the response from the shooting. A note from a district administrator 12 days after the attack asks, "How are you today?"
This article aims to provide factual information about the academic and behavioral struggles Ramos faced before the shooting, without speculating on the motivations behind the tragic event.
Read also:
- Shaping production and consumption tendencies via cosmetic certification
- Collaboration and alignment are essential to foster growth sustainability and check division in international politics
- Reduced humanitarian aid intensifies worries among residents on Lake Chad's coastline, fragile areas already impacted by militant activities.
- Quantum Leap Career Fair 2025, Organized by SFAN: Focus on Proficiency, Artificial Intelligence, and Employment in the Future
