Smiling, happy children with friends, busy at their school in Uvalde, Texas. They would have had their whole life ahead if 18-year-old Salvador Ramos hadn’t masterminded the most serious elementary school shooting since Sandy Hook. Nineteen children and two of their teachers are the victims of last night’s massacre. Here’s what we know about them.
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Amerie Jo Garza was 10, finishing her fourth year at Robb Elementary. His father Angel waited for hours for news of her before discovering that he was among the victims. On Facebook he wrote: Thanks to everyone for the prayers and for the help in finding my little girl. She was found. My little love is now flying high with the angels above. Please don’t take a second for granted. Hug your family. Tell them you love them. I love you, Amerie Jo. Protect your little brother ».
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Also Xavier Lopez he was 10 years old and in the fourth grade. He was the first student to be identified, among the 19 killed. Her mother was with him at school, for an awards ceremony, a few hours before the shooting: it was the last time she saw him.
Of Uziyah Garciagrandfather Manny Renfro says, “He was the sweetest baby I ever knew.”
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Eva Mireles, 40, was the first teacher identified. She was married to a CISD Uvalde police officer and had a daughter. She loved her pets and loved running and hiking. The mother of one of her former students with Down syndrome remembers her as “the best teacher” her daughter has ever had. He did everything he could for her and to integrate her into her class.
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The aunt of Eva Mirales, Lydia Martinez Delgado, said: “I am furious that these shootings continue: these children are innocent, and guns shouldn’t be so readily available to everyone. This is my hometown, a small community of less than 20,000 inhabitants. I never imagined it would happen. ‘
Irma Garcia, the second teacher killed, was 46 years old. She was a mother of four, and in 2019 she was named teacher of the year. Her grandson, on social media, remembers her like this: “My” tia “didn’t make it, she sacrificed herself by protecting the children in her class, please think of my family when you pray, IRMA GARCIA IS HER NAME and she died as a HERO. She was loved by many and we will really miss her ».
Source: Vanity Fair
