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The Uvalde school shooting, which took place on May 24, 2022, tragically ended the lives of 19 Robb Elementary School students and two teachers. In addition, the incident injured 17 others. The individual responsible for the killings was an 18-year-old former student of the same school, Salvador Ramos.
According to the Dallas Observer, a documentary on the entire ordeal titled Print It Black premiered at the Dallas International Film Festival on Sunday, April 28, 2024. This project is a creation of Uvalde 365, a venture, perhaps best known for the documentary, Uvalde 365 Presents: Crisis of Command.
The Uvalde school shooting was the most horrific school shooting since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which killed 20 students and six adults. According to The New York Times, on the morning of May 24, 2022, Salvador Ramos got into an argument with his grandmother and shot her in the face. Subsequently, he drove her Ford F-150 to Robb Elementary School and crashed it near a ditch. Ramos then entered the school and began shooting everyone in sight.
More than an hour later, Border Patrol officers entered the building and shot Salvador Ramos dead. After this tragic incident, authorities decided to close Robb Elementary School. Reports suggest that the district has planned to demolish the building and build a new one in its place.
Who were the victims of the Uvalde School Shooting?
According to The Texas Tribune, the victims of the Uvalde School Shooting were:
- Makenna Lee Elrod, 10
- Layla Salazar, 11
- Maranda Mathis, 11
- Nevaeh Bravo, 10
- Jose Manuel Flores Jr., 10
- Xavier Lopez, 10
- Tess Marie Mata, 10
- Rojelio Torres, 10
- Eliahna “Ellie” Amyah Garcia, 9
- Eliahna A. Torres, 10
- Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10
- Jackie Cazares, 9
- Uziyah Garcia, 10
- Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10
- Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10
- Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10
- Irma Garcia, 48
- Eva Mireles, 44
- Amerie Jo Garza, 10
- Alexandria “Lexi” Aniyah Rubio, 10
- Alithia Ramirez, 10
In 2023, NBC News interviewed the parents of six children who died in the shooting. They stated that they have not been able to move on from the horrific incident and remember the tragedy like yesterday. In addition, they said that they still expect to hear their kids’ voices in the morning and expect them to respond to jokes. They have even built makeshift memorials in their homes, filled with toys, photos, and other memories.
One of the victims of the Uvalde School Shooting was 10-year-old, Eliahna A. Torres. In the NBC interview, her mother, Sandra Torres, neither spoke of politics nor law enforcement casualties. She only emphasized her little girl, who would have turned 11 in 2023. Sandra stated that little Eliahna desired her own room because the family previously shared one when they were living with the child’s grandmother. Sandra said, “She always wanted her own room because we shared one when we lived with my mother. We spent all year decorating it.”
When the interviewer asked her if she had moved on from the tragedy, Sandra replied that she didn’t believe in “Uvalde Strong” anymore. She said, “It’s like nobody cares. Nobody understands our pain. Nobody knows what we’re going through. It’s us against the world.”
Furthermore, Sandra Torres revealed that a few days before the shooting, Eliahna and her family had watched a documentary on the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
