The aunt of Texas school shooter Salvador Ramos has started a GoFundMe page to ask for money for her grandmother – who shot 19 young children and two teachers in the face before killing them.
Natalie Salazar, the daughter of grandmother Celia Gonzalez and Ramos’ aunt, who said she is sick, is seeking $30,000 to help pay her mother’s medical bills.
Page has raised a little over $9,000 so far.
“My mother was shot in the face and left to die alone in her home by her own grandson,” wrote Salazar, who was told by relatives that Post is the sister of Ramos’ mother.
Of Gonzalez, Salazar said, “It was by the grace of God that she was able to get up off the floor and walk to the neighbors house and ask for help.”
After exploding his grandmother and shattering her jaw, Ramos jumped into his grandparents’ Ford truck and drove to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where he fatally killed 19 fourth-graders and two of their teachers. Shot down.
Salazar wrote that one of Ramos’ victims, 10-year-old Layla Salazar, is his father’s niece – and thus the shooter’s cousin by marriage. But Layla’s father told The Post that the divorce broke out years ago and that his family didn’t consider them related.
“I speak for my children and when I say we have been hit on all sides,” Natalie wrote in her funding petition.
“We extend our deepest condolences to all the families who lost a loved one that day, as my children and I lost my younger cousin Laila to my father’s side of the family and my nephew to my mother’s side. Have given.”
The “nephew” she was referring to was the killer.
Some donors openly expressed their sympathy for Natalie and her family, urging others not to blame Ramos’ relatives for her anger, while many who contributed to the page remained anonymous.
One donor wrote, “I don’t have much to donate, but I want the family to know that there are people out there who support them despite the tragedy.”
A relative of Ramos, Jason Ybarra, told The Post: “I understand why people wouldn’t donate.
“There is nothing but anger and rage for the shooter’s family,” he said.
Ybara told The Post that Natalie’s mother is expected to survive, but may have permanently lost her ability to speak.
Natalie wrote, “It will take months for her to go home.
“I’m asking with all my heart to help my mom,” she said. “Bills will be collected from home and from the hospital. Any donation is greatly appreciated. ,
He also pleaded for understanding in the wake of the tragedy.
“We can’t judge,” wrote Natalie. “Leave it to God. Stop putting each other down. We cannot let evil win. I pray for peace and God to give you comfort in this difficult time as we ourselves are grieving.”
