>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. >> NOW ON NEWS, 4 JAX AT 6, A
COMMUNITY DEVASTATED. 21
VICTIMS INCLUDING 19 CHILDREN
GUNNED DOWN IN A TEXAS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAMILIES WHO
HAD JUST BEEN PLANNING SUMMER
BREAKS NOW PLANNING FUNERALS,
EVIL.
>> SWEPT ACROSS UVALDE
YESTERDAY.
>> THE DEAD, MOST OF THEM 4TH
GRADERS. STUDENTS WITH LIVES
FILLED WITH HOPE AND DREAMS
FOR THE FUTURE.
>> WE’RE GOING TO
>> THE STATE PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAYING HE WILL SOON TRAVEL TO
TEXAS TO MEET WITH THE
GRIEVING FAMILIES. THE
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS REVEALING
THE GUNMAN WAS A HIGH SCHOOL
DROPOUT AND PLACING THE BLAME
ON MENTAL HEALTH.
>> AND NOW WE’RE LEARNING
CHILLING NEW DETAILS THAT THE
KILLER HAD SENT A SERIES OF
WARNING MESSAGES TO A GIRL. HE
MET ONLINE ABOUT HIS IMMINENT
ATTACK.
>> THOSE MESSAGES DESCRIBED
HOW HE HAD JUST SHOT HIS
GRANDMOTHER AND WAS GOING TO
SHOOT UP AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SCREENSHOTS REVEAL HE
COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS
GRANDMOTHER BEFORE MESSAGING
THAT HE HAD SHOT HER IN THE
HEAD THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TRANSLATOR. SALVADOR RAMOS IS
GRANDFATHER SAID HE DIDN’T
KNOW ABOUT THE GUNS. HIS
GRANDSON HAD.
>> OR THE TEENAGERS PLANS.
>> NO, I DIDN’T IF I HAD KNOWN
I WOULD HAVE REPORTED HIM.
>> NOW WE’RE STILL WORKING TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OF THE
21 VICTIMS KILLED IN THE
SHOOTING. SO FAR, 12 HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY THEIR FAMILIES,
THE TO 4TH GRADE TEACHERS WHO
DIED EVEN MORE ELSE GARCIA,
BOTH WERE MOTHERS. 2 COUSINS
WERE ALSO KILLED 10 YEAR OLD.
ANNABEL RODRIGUEZ AND JACKIE
SAYS R US, ALICIA RAMIREZ,
JUST CELEBRATED HER 10TH
BIRTHDAY. EMORY JOE GARZA
CELEBRATING MAKING A B HONOR
ROLL JUST HOURS BEFORE SHE WAS
KILLED. LEIA HAN A CRUISE
TOURISTS WAS LOOKING FORWARD
TO HER LAST SOFTBALL GAME OF
THE SEASON. THERE ARE SO MANY
STORIES LIKE THAT. AND WITH
EACH PERSON ON THE LIST, SO
MANY MORE PEOPLE LEFT WITH A
HOLE IN THEIR HEARTS AFTER
LOSING THEIR LOVED ONE. 17
OTHERS WERE WOUNDED IN
YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING OF 4
PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO
UNIVERSITY HEALTH HOSPITAL AS
OF LAST UPDATE. THE SUSPECT,
66 YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER SHOT
BEFORE THE SHOOTING AT THE
SCHOOL IS IN SERIOUS
CONDITION. A 10 YEAR-OLD GIRL
IS IN SERIOUS. ANOTHER 10
YEAR-OLD AND 9 YEAR-OLD ARE IN
GOOD CONDITION. AND 13
CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO UVALDE
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. BUT THEIR
CONDITIONS ARE NOT YET
AVAILABLE. 2 POLICE OFFICERS
WERE ALSO INJURED WHILE
SHOOTING AT THE GUNMAN. BUT
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
>> WE’RE FOLLOWING THIS
TRAGEDY FROM SEVERAL ANGLES
THIS EVENING. WE BEGIN WITH
NEWS, 4 JAX REPORTER AND
MAXWELL. AND JUST HOURS AGO,
WE GOT A CLOSER LOOK INTO THE
TIMELINE OF WHAT UNFOLDED
YESTERDAY.
>> TOM, ACCORDING TO TEXAS
GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, THE ONLY
ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF THIS
HORRIFIC SHOOTING WHERE
FACEBOOK POST MADE BY THE
GUNMEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES
BEFOREHAND. HE SAID HE WROTE
THOSE ABOUT SHOOTING HIS
GRANDMOTHER FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER POST SAYING, QUOTE,
I’M GOING TO SHOOT AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ABOUT 15
MINUTES BEFORE ARRIVING.
THERE. SINCE THEN, A
SPOKESPERSON FOR FACEBOOK SAID
THOSE WERE ACTUALLY PRIVATE
ONE-ON-ONE TEXT MESSAGES THAT
WERE SENT ARE THEY WERE
DISCOVERED RATHER AFTER THIS
TERRIBLE SHOOTING. CNN IS
REPORTING THE MESSAGES SENT BY
THE GUNMEN WENT TO A GIRL WHO
LIVES IN GERMANY THAT HE MET
ONLINE.
>> TRAGEDY IN TEXAS, 19
CHILDREN AND 2 TEACHERS SHOT
TO DEATH INSIDE A SINGLE
CLASSROOM. EVIL.
>> SWEPT ACROSS YESTERDAY.
>> ACCORDING TO TEXAS GOVERNOR
GREG ABBOTT, 17 OTHERS WERE
HURT BUT ARE EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED
JUST BEFORE NOON AT ROBB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UVALDE. A
SMALL CITY LOCATED BETWEEN SAN
ANTONIO AND THE MEXICAN
BORDER. ACCORDING TO THE
GOVERNOR, THE GUNMAN FIRST
SHOT HIS GRANDMOTHER IN THE
FACE. THE SHOOTER THEN DROVE
AWAY BEFORE CRASHING INTO A
DITCH NEAR ROBB ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT THEN GOT
A CALL THAT THE VEHICLE HAD
CRASHED AND SOMEONE WITH A
LONG RIFLE WAS MAKING HIS WAY
INTO THE SCHOOL. SO WE HAD
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM YOU
ABOUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT,
ONE OF THE SCHOOL POLICE
OFFICERS AS WELL AS STATE
TROOPERS THAT ARRIVED ON
SCENE. THERE WERE THE INITIAL
OFFICERS.
>> ON SCENE, THEY HEARD THE
GUNFIRE. THEY WERE MET WITH
GUNFIRE AS THEY ENCOUNTER.
THIS GUNMAN WAS ABLE TO SHOOT
2 POLICE NON LIFE THREATENING
INJURIES. THE GOVERNOR SAYS
NEXT TO THE GUNMAN ENTERED THE
BACK DOOR, WENT DOWN TO
HALLWAYS AND ENTERED A
CLASSROOM.
>> BUT TO JOIN ANOTHER
CLASSROOM AND BEGAN FIRING. HE
USED AN AR 15, ACCORDING TO
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY. THE SHOOTER BARRICADED
HIMSELF IN THE CLASSROOM AS
INITIAL RESPONDERS BROKE
WINDOWS TO RESCUE OTHER
CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL. THEN A
SWAT TEAM ARRIVED. ONE OF THEM
WAS HIT AND IS EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE. THE SHOOTER WAS
KILLED AMONG THE CHILDREN LOST
WAS FELIX RUBIO’S DAUGHTER
LEXI?
>> HE’S HE’S HE’S NOT A POLICE
OF THE THAT TONIGHT FAMILIES
UVALDE AND THE NATION ARE
GRIEVING 19 CHILDREN AND 2
TEACHERS WHO WENT TO SCHOOL
FOR THE LAST TIME TUESDAY.
>> HARD TO HEAR FROM NOT
FATHER THERE. THE HOUSTON
CHRONICLE IS REPORTING THE
SHOOTER WAS LEGALLY ABLE TO
PURCHASE AR 15 STYLE RIFLES
BECAUSE HE WAS 18. THE
GOVERNOR ALSO SAID TODAY RAMOS
DID NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND. THEY’RE STILL
LOOKING INTO HIS ANY POSSIBLE
JUVENILE RECORD AND NO RED
FLAGS WERE IMMEDIATELY