Morning Of Horror: How Texas Shooter Spent His Final Hours
Washington: The day after his 18th birthday, Salvador Ramos, a troubled teenager from small-town Texas, bought an assault rifle. A week later, he walked into a local elementary school, where he shot and killed 19 young children and two of their teachers. Authorities are still trying to piece together what drove Ramos to commit America's worst school massacre in a decade, but here is what is known so far about the shooting: How the shooter attacked Described as a long-bullied youth with a history of self-harm, Ramos turned 18 on May 16 and bought an assault rifle the very next day. He purchased 375 rounds of ammunition on May 18, and then a second rifle two days after that. Ramos -- a school dropout with no criminal history -- messaged on social media Tuesday morning that he planned to attack his grandmother, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said. Ramos shot his 66-year-old relative in the face. She survived and was airlifted in critical condition to a hospital in nearby Sa...