‘Forgive me, forgive my son’: parents of Texas school shooter respond

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'He had his reasons for doing what he did.'

about how the gunman was inside for about an hour as armed officers held back.

When asked by a reporter what Martinez would tell the families who have lost loved ones, she replied: “Forgive me, forgive my son. I know he had his reasons.”Martinez said, weeping: “To get closer to those children instead of paying attention to the other bad things, I have no words. I don’t know.”with the Daily Beast: “I just want the people to know I’m sorry, man, [for] what my son did.

Ramos’s maternal grandfather, Rolando Reyes, told reporters that he and his wife were living with his grandson after the grandson had problems with his mother and had dropped out of school, taking a job at a fast-food restaurant. “I am so sorry – I have so much pain for everyone because many of the [murdered] kids were my friends’ grandchildren, and I feel bad for all the families,” Reyes said in Spanish to Telemundo.

 

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