The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the gunman made the threatening comments in a private message.
A state trooper rearranges a barricade outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. inside an elementary school discussed his interest in buying a gun in private online conversations, but backed away from earlier descriptions that he made public threats less than an hour before the attack.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday, a day after the shooting, that “the only information that was known in advance was posted by the gunman on Facebook approximately 30 minutes before reaching the school.” Abbott's claim prompted questions about whetherBut on Friday, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the gunman made the threatening comments in a private message.
Facebook had already noted on Wednesday that the threats were in direct text messages, not a public post.McCraw also told reporters Friday that Ramos asked his sister to help him buy a gun in September 2021, but that she “flatly refused.” He did not say how authorities learned of that request.In a Feb. 28 four-person chat, McCraw said that “Ramos being a school shooter” was discussed.In a March 3 four-person chat, another person said “word on the street is that you're buying a gun.
On March 14, McCraw said Ramos shared the words “10 more days” in a social media post. Another user asked “Are you going to shoot up a school or something?" McCraw said.McCraw did not identify any of the other people included in those chat groups. The department did not immediately respond to a request Friday for more detail, including screenshots of the communications mentioned during the news conference.: an AR-style rifle on May 17 and a second rifle on May 20. He had turned 18 just days earlier, permitting him to buy a rifle under federal law.Friday’s briefing came after authorities spent three days providing often conflicting and incomplete information about the law enforcement response in Uvalde.
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