Report that draws from interviews with family members, phone information and testimony given to lawmakers offers the most complete account yet of shooter
The story of 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos – as portrayed in the report released Sunday – is one of red flags that caretakers and officials of all kinds largely missed until he went to his former fourth grade classroom and murdered 19 students as well as two teachers on 24 May in one of the deadliest school shootings ever in America.
Ultimately, after showing promise in preschool, he started struggling with his academics, the report continued. He drew bullying because of a stammer, a short haircut and the fact that he often wore the same clothes over and over, with one classmate tying his shoelaces together and causing him to faceplant, said the report, citing an account from a cousin.By 2018, he was failing, missing school more than 100 times a year, had been labeled “at-risk”, and had been recommended for speech therapy.
Ramos began displaying an interest in school shootings and at one point late last year filmed himself being driven around while holding a dead cat inside of a clear plastic bag. No one reported any of that behavior to law enforcement, the report said. It was unclear whether any users of the social media networks he was on reported him to the respective platforms.
The report’s authors made it clear that they suspected Ramos could achieve fame if he carried out a school shooting. In total, the report said, he spent about $6,000 before the attack on the school. The owner of the store where he bought the rifles asked Ramos how he could afford the guns, which cost $3,000. Ramos’ reply was that he saved up, according to the report.
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