Chris Olivarez said in an interview with Fox News. Ukraines official Twitter account pokes fun at the threat of a Russian invasion. At the time of the shooting, Ramos was living with his grandparents and shot his grandmother before going to the elementary school, Texas DPS Lt. Ramos got into screaming matches with his mother, and often retreated to his grandmother’s house after a big fight, according to the Times. Some said that Ramos, who had a speech impediment, was bullied, and that once after he posted a photo of himself wearing black eye liner he was ridiculed using a derogatory term for a gay person, the Washington Post said.
The New York Times reported that Ramos’ acquaintances said he was a high school senior who regularly missed class, struggled to get along with classmates and had few friends. We also found no information about Ramos’ politics. The artist identifies as a transgender girl and uses the pronouns she/her. That rumor appears to stem from photos of an artist who was misidentified as Ramos in some social media posts. We found no evidence to corroborate claims that Ramos was transgender. Ramos was a Uvalde resident and was "reported to have been a student" at Uvalde High School, Abbott said.
Greg Abbott, among other officials, has identified the shooter as Salvador Ramos, not Salvatore Ramos. Gosar’s office did not respond to a phone call or email about the claims in the tweet, but here’s what we know. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) This post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. Bet the news stops covering it soon because a Hispanic Transgender taking 18 kids lives from 2-4th grade and 1 teacher doesn’t fit their agenda." "The 18yr old that just shot up the elementary school in Texas. "This is Salvador Ramos," another Facebook post said, sharing an ID card photo of Ramos that was provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Paul Gosar, a Republican from Arizona, that has since been deleted but said the shooter was "a transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos." Some social media users are sharing a screenshot of a tweet by U.S. that morning, but some claims about Ramos’ identity have been contradicted by statements from officials. This story is still developing as investigators probe why Salvador Ramos opened fire at the school starting around 11:30 a.m. Misinformation is spreading about the 18-year-old authorities identified as the shooter in a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde County, Texas, on May 24.