Who was the 18-year-old Texas school shooter? Friends say, Salvador Rolando Ramos was bullied as a child, grew up aggressive and violent

The Texas School Massacre that happened in Robb Elementary School was a very unfortunate one. The incident grabbed headlines as the shooter brutally killed anyone who came in his sight. The shooter named Salvador Ramos was only 18-year-old and was a student of high school in the area.

According to reports, he was at the crime scene for about an hour after killing 21 people till the cops encountered him. His friends say, he was aggressive and violent by nature due to his uneasy childhood and school bullying incidents.

Who was the Texas school shooter?

According to reports, the 18-year-old shooter was a lonely child who was bullied in school over speech impairment. His friends have reported a disturbing family background that made him lash out at people. Even the family members are mentioning violent incidents over the years.

The young shooter, named Salvador Rolando Ramos, purchased the weapon just days after his 18th birthday. Authorities are reporting that Salvador first shot his grandmother in the face and then went on towards Robb Elementary School. His grandmother who was severely injured alerted the police.

He took to social media to announce that his next target was a school, where he headed clad in body armor and wielding an AR-15 rifle.

What is the reaction of friends and family?
Santos Valdez claimed to know Ramon since they were friends.
Valdez said they used to be friends until Ramos' behavior worsened.
Valdez mentioned the park incident where Ramon came with cuts all over his face. Initially, Ramon said that a cat scratched his face, but later, he told the truth. According to Valdez, Ramos used a knife over his face again and again for fun.
There are repeated mentions of Ramos getting bullied in school for stutter and strong lisp.
Another one of Ramos's friends, Stephen Garcia, said Ramos was bullied badly over everything. He was bullied over his speech, social media, gaming and whatnot. Garcia called young Ramos a nice and shy kid who just needed to get out. According to Garcia, after he and his mother relocated to a different part of Texas, Ramos's situation kept deteriorating with time. After that, Ramos dropped out of school.
According to other classmates, Ramos missed a lot of high school and wasn't in line to graduate on time.

Family members
His cousin Mia said Ramos used to brush off the bullying in middle school but used to complain to his grandmother that he didn't want to go back.
Mia mentioned how Ramos started feeling uncomfortable at school. The whole bullying thing just took him more and more away from everyone.
Ruben Flores, 41, was a neighbour to the Ramon family. Flores tries to be a father to the kid who had a difficult life with his mom.
Flores and his wife used to invite Ramos for dinner and such, but with time the condition at Ramos's home just got worse.
Flores and other people mentioned that Ramos's mom used to do drugs and was rarely available.

Social Media
Many of his friends also mentioned incidents on Ramos's Instagram as well. Valdez said that Ramos used to post images of automatic rifles from his wish list. Just four days before the shooting, Ramos posted a picture of two rifles with the caption "my gun pics."

According to another classmate, two months ago, Ramos added a video to his story. He was screaming at his mother, who was kicking him out of the house. Reyes said, "there were cops present, and Ramos was calling his mother a b***h and was talking aggressively. She also said she could easily recall at least five fist-fighting incidents that involved Ramos.

Valdez had his last interaction with Ramos just two hours prior to the shooting. They had a small conversation about school, a shared meme that said. 'Why us school still open?'

Ramos never replied or opened the last text by Valdez.

Ramos was carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and high capacity magazine. He started shooting around 11:32 local time. He was killed later by Law enforcement.

No one really knew who was the 18-year-old shooter and what was going on in his head before he took the life of 19 young children. According to his friend, Ramos. He really needed mental help and closure with his family.