Police found 315 ammunition at the crime scene at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, of which 142 were used by Salvador Ramos.
However, the suspect in the massacre bought more than 1, rounds of ammunition earlier, far more than the 210 rounds a US soldier in combat would carry, according to a CBS News report.
Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, said last Friday that the suspect had purchased 1,657 rounds of ammunition in total, of which 315 rounds were found within the school.
The young man from 18 years old I had 173 extra cartridges to shoot at the school where they died 21 people: 20 children and two teachers.
“A magazine usually holds 30 rounds, and a US soldier typically carries seven magazines, one in the gun and six spare, to combat”, indicated the report.
That is to say, Ramos was much more prepared to kill innocents, although he did not bring them all to the campus, he had them close, since McCraw said that 922 Rounds were off campus, but on property.
Ramos bought the weapons around his birthday 18, but authorities indicate that he first asked his older sister to buy one, although she refused.
“Why and how is being analyzed, and thousands more tracks are being analyzed right now because we haven’t answered all the questions,” he said. McCraw about Ramos’ ease in acquiring such deadly equipment.
When asked how the suspect of 18 years ago he bought the expensive gun, McCraw said he used a debit card. “Why and how is being analyzed, and thousands more tracks are being analyzed right now because we haven’t answered all the questions,” McCraw said.
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The local Police is facing a serious controversy due to the decision of the commander in charge of delaying the entrance to the classroom during the shooting, because it was recognized as a “wrong decision”.
For 45 minutes, about 20 officers ready to act did nothing. Then they used a master key to open the door and confront Ramos, whom they shot down, but more than two dozen innocent people had already died.