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What we know so far about suspected Texas school shooter Salvador Ramos

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"I'm about to."

Just hours before allegedly shooting and killing 19 children and two adults at a Texas elementary school, the 18-year-old gunman sent a cryptic message to a stranger saying, "I'm about to."

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SALVADOR RAMOS - Texas School Shooter

Texas Governor Greg Abbott identified Salvador Ramos as the culprit in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on Tuesday. After the shooting, he was shot and killed by police.

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TEXAS SHOOTER UPLOADED PHOTOS OF GUNS

Photos of weaponry and selfies were found on an Instagram account thought to belong to Ramos. After Abbott revealed the name of the alleged mass shooter.

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A mirror selfie of Ramos in a sweatshirt, a blurry black-and-white closeup of his face, and a first-person photograph of a person holding a handgun magazine in their lap make up the account's only grid post.

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Ramos purchased two semi-automatic guns from Oasis Outback, an outdoors and hunting business on Uvalde's Main Street that is next to a restaurant, on May 17 and 20.

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Ramos legitimately purchased the firearms 

Ramos is accused of shooting one girl as she attempted to contact 911, leaving her closest friend drenched in her blood.

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TEXAS SHOOTER SHOT A GIRL WHO WAS CALLING 911

Before the deadly shooting, the 18-year-old reportedly had an altercation with his grandmother over his failure to graduate from high school.

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TEXAS SHOOTER HAD A DISAGREEMENT WITH GRANDMA

Ramos' grandfather, Ronaldo Reyes, 72, told ABC News that he had no idea his grandson had bought two AR-15-style guns or that they were in the house.

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TEXAS SHOOTER'S GRANDPA HAD NO IDEA ABOUT FIREARMS

According to the Washington Post, Ramos was ridiculed throughout middle and junior high for a speech handicap - a stammer and lisp.

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TEXAS SHOOTER'S WAS BULLIED AT SCHOOL