Adriana Reyes is the mother of Salvador Ramosthe young man who this Tuesday perpetrated a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texaswhich left 21 fatalities.
The woman attended the Church of the Sacred Heart in the last hours, where the vigil was held as a tribute to the victims of this massacre that has shocked USA.
Reyes broke down in tears as soon as he arrived at the scene and gave an interview to the ABC News channel in which he spoke for the first time regarding his son.whom he pointed out to have been “aggressive” but “not a monster”.
“I had an uneasy feeling sometimes, like what are you up to? He might be aggressive…if he got really angry.”the woman told the American media.
Adriana Reyes He also assured that he was unaware that his son, Salvador Ramos, 18, who was shot by the policewould have bought two assault rifles just following coming of age.
About the 19 children who were killed by her son in the first school, the woman said through tears: “Those children… I have no words. I don’t know what to say regarding those poor children.”
In this regard, the aggressor’s grandfather, Rolando Reyes, also recently spoke out, expressing his pain at this massacre and assuring that “many of the children were grandchildren of my friends.”
Rolando Reyes is the husband of the grandmother who was shot in her house by the aggressor when he tried to stop her from leaving with a gun. The 66-year-old woman remains hospitalized following suffering multiple gunshot wounds.
Salvador Ramos’ mother was heartbroken at the vigil for the victims of the massacre. However, a community leader from UvaldeFatima Abraham comforted her, telling the Texas Tribune, “We’re here with her because we have to pray instead of criticizing or attacking.”
Abraham added that “not everyone in the community is once morest her” and that Reyes “has to know that she is not to blame for this. She did not put the gun in the hands of her son.”