Kiana Baxter rejected the invasion of the “sinister” Salvador Ramos after witnessing a friend who was dating him frightened by their fickle classmate from Uwalde High School.
“He was dating my ex-boyfriend. And then they broke up, “Baxter, 17, told the San Antonio Express News. “And then he tried to go out with me after that, but I told him no. Because he has always had such an ominous feeling about himself. “
Ramos, 18, killed 19 elementary school students and two teachers on Tuesday when he stormed Rob Elementary School in Uwalde, Texas, in the deadliest school shooting in America since 2012.
Ramos was unpredictable and violent when he went out with her boyfriend, Baxter said.
“She told me it was scary,” Baxter said. “It simply came to our notice then. And when he lost his temper, she would literally fear for her life.
“He was sending her these really nasty messages, from super sweet to screaming in her back to super sweet.”
“He was generally just as aggressive, as violent,” Baxter added. “He will try to fight women. He would try to fight anyone who said no to him – if he didn’t make it, he would go crazy. He was especially aggressive towards women. “
Griefs gather in front of a memorial in Uwalde Square after the mass shooting. James Cave for the NY Post
One of these women was Crystal Foots, 17, also a high school student in Uwalde.
Ramos threatened to hurt her in comments on Instagram after a fight on social media with her ex-boyfriend.
Children flee to safety during mass shooting at Robb.Pete Luna / Uvalde Leader-News primary school via REUTERS
“It was just harassment. And I never like to provoke him or anything like that, “Fuchs said Friday.” He was aggressive for no reason. … I just blocked him. “
Salvador Ramos was killed by police after a rampage.salv8dor_ / Instagram
Fuchs also heard about Ramos harassing his ex-girlfriend after they broke up.
“Another friend of mine, when he was working with (Ramos), had an incident between a girlfriend and a boyfriend – (Ramos) tried to fight with his girlfriend,” Fuchs told Express News. “It simply came to our notice then. Just because he was so aggressive. ”
This is not the first time that his contemporaries have described Ramos’ erratic behavior.
Santos Valdes Jr., 18, said they were close until the future shooter derailed. Ramos showed up one day in a park where he played basketball with cuts all over his face. He first told Valdes that he had been scratched by his cat, then revealed the truth – he cut himself “just for fun.”
A video of Ramos holding a dead cat in the passenger seat of a car has been circulated, Baxter said. Fuchs said she had seen videos on TikTok posted by Ramos of him breaking through walls while wearing boxing gloves and saying he could fight anyone.
Ramos posted about his weapons on social media.salv8dor_ / Instagram
“He was very persistent,” Fuetz recalled. “If you asked for something or if he tried to bite you or tried to tell you something and you didn’t give him a reaction, it would make him angry … (He was) very persistent, very aggressive. ”
Rumors circulating among high school students say Ramos was angry that he would not be able to finish. Reports say he dropped out of high school, but Baxter saw him at school last month. Fuchs remembered seeing him on campus last fall.
“Honestly, I didn’t think twice about this kid,” Baxter said. “I have barely known this child for about a year. He jumped out of nowhere. “
Both girls called Ramos a “loner” without “no friends.”
“People who tried to give him a chance to be friends, he scared them,” Fuchs said. “He was a bully, really. If you didn’t give him what he wanted, he was a bully to you.
“He had no friends,” Baxter said. “Honestly, no one has ever talked to him. Just because people were really afraid of him. “
A law enforcement official shows a graph showing the route Ramos has taken to Robb Elementary School.EPA
In fact, some students thought that if there was a purpose for this type of tragedy, it would be high school.
“We all thought they might do it in high school – because we’ve received threats before,” she said. “But not for the children. It had to be us. There was no reason to go and hurt these children.
Salvador Ramos’ home is being searched by the FBI. Kevin S. Downs for the NY Post
“None of us are like that. None of us has the hatred in our hearts to do such a thing or to know how it could have happened. “
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