His mother, when asked why he targeted the elementary school, simply said it was 'to get closer to those children.' In fact, Gonzalez was his first victim, when he shot her in the face before stealing her car and driving to Robb Elementary School, where he crashed, then ran inside, barricading himself inside a classroom and shooting dead the 19 children and two teachers. Ramos reportedly had a strained relationship with his mother - something she denies - and was living at his grandmother Celia Martinez Gonzalez's home when he went on the rampage on Tuesday. 'I only want the innocent children who died to forgive me. Forgive me, forgive my son. Reyes also begged for forgiveness for herself and her son after the mass shooting on Tuesday. 'He had his reasons for doing what he did and please don't judge him,' she continued. Salvador Ramos' mother Adriana Reyes aka Martinez, told CNN in Spanish: 'I have no words.
The mother of the teenager who slaughtered 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, said he 'had his reasons.'
