Senator says Texas school shooter born in North Dakota; Ramos never attended public school in state

Texas State Sen. Roland Guitierrez in an interview on CNN mentioned Texas state police advised him shooter Salvador Ramos was born in North Dakota. He didn’t say the place in North Dakota. Guitierrez mentioned Ramos went to highschool in Uvalde, Texas, the town the place the capturing occurred Tuesday.

Authorities say Ramos opened fireplace at Robb Elementary College on Tuesday earlier than regulation officers killed him. It was the deadliest capturing at a U.S. faculty since a gunman killed 20 youngsters and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012, in keeping with The Related Press.

Whether or not Ramos had a background in North Dakota is unclear. Delivery data are confidential below state regulation.

North Dakota’s Division of Public Instruction has no file of a scholar named Salvador Ramos being enrolled in a public faculty within the state, in keeping with spokesman Dale Wetzel.

“This enrollment information goes again, at minimal, to the 2006-07 faculty 12 months, when Mr. Ramos would have been a preschooler,” he mentioned.

Native enrollment databases confirm that Ramos didn’t beforehand attend any colleges within the Bismarck or Mandan public faculty districts. Gentle of Christ Catholic Colleges additionally mentioned it has no file of him.

Each public faculty districts mentioned counselors can be found to any college students who wish to discuss what occurred in Texas. Gentle of Christ courses ended final Friday.

Gov. Doug Burgum has directed all authorities businesses to fly the U.S. and North Dakota flags at half-staff till sundown Saturday in remembrance of the capturing victims. He encourages North Dakota residents to additionally decrease flags at their properties and companies. His directive is in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Joe Biden.