UWALDE, TX (AP) — Distraught families gathered at a local community center and turned to social media mourn and pray desperately for help find the missing children as death losses in terrible school shooting Texas elementary school has grown to at least 19 students. Authorities said the shooter also killed two adults.
By the night the names of killed on Tuesday attack at Robb Elementary School in city of Uvalde began to appear. One man at the community center left, sobbing into his phone, “She’s gone.” On the back side of in building, the woman stood by herself, alternately crying and screaming into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet.
Manny Renfro said he was informed on Tuesday that his grandson, 8-year-old Uzia Garcia, was among those killed.
“The cutest boy I’ve ever known,” said Renfro. “I do not just saying this because he was my grandson.”
Renfro told Ouzia last visited him in San Angelo during spring break.
“We’ve started throwing in football together and I taught him pass patterns. Such fast little boy and he could catch a ball So goodRenfro said. “There were certain plays that I would call what would he remember and do it exactly like we’ve been training.”
44-year-old fourth-grade teacher Eva Mireles was remembered as a loving mother and wife.
“She was an adventurer. I would definitely say these wonderful things about her. She will definitely be greatly missed,” said the 34th.year- an old relative of Amber Ybarra, of San Antonio.
Ibarra ready for give blood for wounded and thoughtful how No one noticed the problem with shooter in it’s time to stop him.
“For me it more about raising awareness about mental health,” said Ibarra, a wellness specialist. coach who attended the elementary school where the shooting occurred. “Someone could see dramatic changes before something like it is happened.”
Lisa Garza, 54 of Arlington, Texas mourned death of her cousin Xavier Javier Lopez, who looking forward to summer of swimming.
“He was just loving 10-year-old boy just enjoying life without knowing that this tragedy will happen today,” she said. “He was very playful, loved to dance with his brothers, his mother. It has just took responsibility on all of us”.
She is also lamented what she described as listlessness gun the laws.
“We should have more restrictions, especially if these children are not in their correct condition of mind and all want doing so just hurt people, especially the innocent children go to schools,” Garza said.
On the social media pictures of smiling children we asked their families for information. The classes were twisty down for in year and every school day had a theme. Tuesday was Footloose and Fancy. Students were required to wear handsome outfit with funny or trendy shoes.
Adolfo Cruz, 69 years old.year-old air air conditioner repairman outside school on tuesday night, waiting for word about his 10-year-old great- granddaughter of Elijah Cruz Torres, whose whereabouts remain unknown to family.
Cruz drove to the scene after receiving a tearful and horrifying call from him daughter soon after first reports that 18-year-old shooter opened fire at school. While he was waiting outside school on tuesday night family was at the hospital and community center waiting for any potential word on her condition.
Cruz called waiting the hardest moment of his life.
“Hope she’s alive,” Cruz said. “They are waiting for en update”.
Federico Torres was waiting for news about his 10-year-old son Rogelio. He told HOW-TV that he was in work when he found out about the shooting and rushed to the school.
“They sent us to the hospital, to the administrative center, to the hospital and here again nothing, not even in San Antonio, Torres said. “They don’t speak us nothing, just a photo, wait, I hope everything is fine.
Torres said he was praying that “my son is an found safe … Please, if you know nothing, let us know”.
Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home located across street from Robb Elementary School, said in Facebook post on Tuesday evening that he will help families of shooting victims with No cost for the funeral.
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Hollingsworth reported from Mission, Kansas. Jamie Stangle from Dallas.
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