UVALDE, Texas — A gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in one of the deadliest school massacres in U.S. history posted his intentions before barricading himself inside a fourth-grade classroom, where all the fatalities and injuries occurred, state and federal officials said Wednesday.
“He was able to barricade himself inside the classroom,” Lt. Christopher Olivarez, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman, told the Los Angeles Times. “ We’re still trying to confirm motive, what triggered him.”
The rampage began with Salvador Ramos shooting his 66-year-old grandmother, Cecilia Martinez Gonzalez, in the face at her home in Uvalde.
