Some people have more rage than others, said Adriana Reyes, Salvador Ramos’s mother.
Speaking for the first time on the horrific Texas elementary school shootout, in which 19 children and two teachers were killed, Adriana Reyes, the mother of the accused, Salvador Ramos, said she had an ‘uneasy feeling’ sometimes.
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“I had an uneasy feeling sometimes, like what are you up to? We all have a rage, some people have it more than others,” Reyes told ABC News on Wednesday (local time), a day after the tragedy at Rob Elementary School in Uvalde.
However, Reyes also said her son, when angry, used to be aggressive, but was ‘not a monster.’
“Those kids…I have no words. I don’t know what to say about those poor kids,” she further said.
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(With AFP inputs)
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