The Texas school shooter’s grandmother, who he shot within the face earlier than killing 19 youngsters and two academics, could by no means be capable to speak once more, a relative advised The Put up on Sunday.
“The bullet went into Sally’s jaw simply subsequent to her mouth and shattered all her enamel,” mentioned Jason Ybarra, a second cousin of injured granny Celia “Sally” Martinez Gonzales, 66.
“If the bullet was an inch in one other path, it will have blown her head off,” he mentioned.
“She’s doing pretty properly, contemplating what occurred. However she could by no means be capable to speak once more,” added Ybarra, 45.
Martinez Gonzales is at the moment solely speaking by writing, Ybarra mentioned.
She was the primary sufferer of Salvador Ramos on Tuesday, earlier than he opened fireplace on harmless children and teachers inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
The grandma has had a number of surgical procedures already for her wounds, together with one Sunday, and can have quite a few extra, Ybarra mentioned.
Rolando Reyes, her husband, told The Post on Thursday his wife was “awake and all, but she’s in pain.”
“She had a pocket book the place she writes what she’s making an attempt to say, however once we can’t make it out, she will get annoyed,” Reyes mentioned.
Ramos had been staying together with his grandparents the previous two or three months earlier than he went on his lethal capturing spree.
