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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

Police rule out connection between Uvalde gunman and 2018 school shooting threats

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A Texas Republican incorrectly told Fox News that the Uvalde gunman had previously been arrested in 2018 for making a threat to shoot up the school in 2022.

Congressman Tony Gonzalez said he wanted confirmation on whether Salvador Ramos, the shooter, had been arrested while he was a minor for threatening a school shooting in 2018. On Friday, police confirmed that Ramos was not one of the minors arrested in 2018 for making a threat.

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