Just a few hours after Reyes was consoled by Abraham, the church hosted dozens of mourning Uvalde residents who came to pray after the massacre.Ī child looks at a memorial site for the victims killed Uvalde 'Turning into hate and resentment is not good for humanity,' she told reporters in Spanish. She didn't put that gun in her son's hand.'Ībraham added that the church was 'with her' 'because we have to pray instead of criticizing or attacking.' 'She has to know that she is not to blame for this. 'I simply told her that we were with her, that not everyone here was against her,' she told the Texas Tribune. Reyes revealed who she was and Abraham held her in her arms as she cried and tried to console her. Nadia Reyes, who is not reported to be related, said: 'He posted videos on his Instagram where the cops were there. He’d be screaming and talking to his mom really aggressively.'įatima Abraham, a community leader at Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, said she had noticed a woman sobbing in the pews on Wednesday. Reyes' mother, Celia Martinez Gonzalez, was the first victim of Ramos' vile rampage when she was shot in the face, with the bullet entering her cheek and exiting under her ear, by the crazed gunman over an argument about his failure to graduate from high school.Ī former classmate of Ramos' told the Post that the gunman has posted videos to his Instagram story showing him scream at his mother as she tried to kick him out of the house. 'Instead of paying attention to the other bad things, I have no words. 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.'