(CNN) — The mother of Salvador Ramosthe Robb Elementary School shooter in Uvalde, Texassaid he was in shock and apologized following his son shot and killed 21 personas on Tuesday.
“I have no words, I have no words to say, I don’t know what I was thinking. He had his reasons for doing what he did and please don’t judge him. I just want the innocent children who died to forgive me,” Adriana Martinez told CNN affiliate Televisa on Thursday.
Martínez described Salvador Ramos as “calm”.
“He was very quiet. He was very quiet. It was. He didn’t bother anyone, he didn’t do anything to anyone, “he told Televisa.
Salvador Ramos’ grandfather told CNN Thursday that he knows many of the families affected by the massacre.
“Some of them are my friends, and I’m going to have to face them one day,” Rolando Reyes said.
Reyes’ wife was the first victim that day; she was shot in the face at her home before Ramos drove to Robb Elementary School and killed 21 people.
A bullet pierced his wife’s jaw and upper cheek, Reyes said, and she will need major reconstructive surgery at a San Antonio hospital.
The attacker’s grandmother “did everything for him,” Reyes said, including cooking and picking him up from late work shifts at a fast-food restaurant, and doesn’t understand why the 18-year-old would attack her.
Reyes is the father of Salvador Ramos’ mother, and she has been crying so much since the shooting that one of her eyes is almost swollen shut, Reyes said.
