Cousin of Uvalde college gunman Salvador Ramos arrested on suspicion of planning related assault, courtroom information say

The cousin of {the teenager} liable for the lethal major college taking pictures in Uvalde, Texas has been arrested after his household tipped off police that he was planning the same assault. 

Court paperwork present the mom of the 17-year-old had referred to as police to inform them he was attempting to purchase a gun, and “do the same thing” at a neighborhood college. He had additionally allegedly threatened to shoot his sister.

The teenager has been charged with making threats to a public place and a member of the family, in keeping with courtroom information. He’s being held in custody in Bexar County jail.

The teenager is the cousin of Salvador Ramos, the 18-year-old behind one of many deadliest classroom assaults within the US when he murdered 19 college students and two lecturers throughout a mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary School final May.

Nearly 400 police rushed to the location, however waited greater than an hour earlier than confronting the attacker. The response was later criticised in a report which highlighted a scarcity of management and urgency, calling the strategy “lackadaisical”.

The college additionally confronted criticism over its safety measures.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott waved off requires more durable gun legal guidelines, regardless of mass shootings at a Sutherland Springs church in 2017 and an El Paso Walmart in 2018.

More than a 12 months for the reason that killings, the state felony investigation into the police response stays ongoing.