the department of public safety that he drives into a ditch. this is after the shooting where the grandmother is shot. sometime after that he s in this incident where the car ends up in a ditch, and then somehow manages to get past the shootout with law enforcement there to get into the school and kills these 19 kids. so that s what we know at this point. we don t know very much about the motivation. we know from law enforcement that that is focus right now, talking to people who are in touch with him on some of the social media. we heard now from some people who were in touch with him who talked about him being a quiet person, a loner, so to speak, and he was able to purchase these firearms legally. that s now the focus of federal law enforcement to try to support the work there of the local authorities that are doing this investigation. we re learning about the shooter. according to a classmate, he had been bullied, that he worked at a local fast food place. what else are
and were just weeks away from summer break. he crashed his car on the school and was seen running on campus carrying two firearms which were purchased by ramos legally on his 18th birthday. two ar-style 15 rifles were posted. a lone gunman killed 20 children in the first and second grades as well as six adults in newtown, kentucky. joe biden said it s time to stand up to the gun lobby and pass common sense regulations. i am sick and tired. we have to act. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. i spent my career as a senator and as a vice president working to pass common sense gun laws. we can t and won t prevent every tragedy, but we know they work and have positive impact. when we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. when the law expired, mass shootings tripled. the idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons is just wrong. what in god s name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill som
this is cnn breaking news. hello. i m john vause at the cnn center in atlanta. in southwest texas a lone gunman has shot and killed at least 19 children and two adults. the gunman is also among the dead killed by law enforcement with an investigation now under way to try and find a motive in his killing spree. he s been identified by police as 18-year-old salvador ramos. three sources telling cnn his first victim was his grandmother. she was airlifted to the hospital in critical condition. in texas about 90 minutes west of san antonio not far from the mexico border. 90% of the students were latino