A sheriff’s deputy broke into tears after arriving at the scene of the Texas school massacre and finding out his daughter was killed in the shooting.
Uvalde County Sheriff’s Deputy Felix Rubio was among the first responders who arrived at Robb Elementary School after 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos opened fire and killed 19 young students and 2 teachers.
After arriving at the horrific scene, Rubio was told that his own daughter, 10-year-old Lexi, was among the children killed in one of the deadliest school shootings in US history.
Breaking into tears, Felix and his wife, Kimberly, held on to one another as they were being comforted by the authorities outside the elementary school.
As the proud parents explained, Lexi was a role model student who won the good citizen award and was on the all-A honor roll at her school.
Visibly distressed, Felix briefly spoke to CNN and said he hopes his daughter doesn’t become just one of the numbers.
“All I can hope is that she’s just not a number. This is enough. No one else needs to go through this. We never needed to go through this, but we are,” the distressed father said as he fought back tears.
Meanwhile, Lexi’s devastated mom recalled the last conversation she had with her daughter before her life was taken away.
“We told her we loved her and would pick her up after school. We had not idea this was goodbye,” Kimberly expressed.
The 19 children killed in the mass shooting include Jackie Cazares, 10, Layla Salazar, 10, Maite Yuleana, Jose Flores Jr, 10, Miranda Mathis, 11, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez, 10, Alexandria ‘Lexi’ Aniyah Rubio, 10, Alithia Ramirez, 10, Jailah Nicole Silguero, 10, Rojelio Torres, 10, Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, 10, Tess Marie Mata, Nevaeh Bravo, 10, Eliahana Torres, 10, Ellie Lugo, 10, Xavier Lopez, 10, Makenna Elrod, 10, Amerie Jo Garza, 10, Uziyah Garcia, 8.point 615 | 1
Fourth-grade teachers Eva Mireles, 44, and Irma Garcia, 46, were also shot dead at the school.
Our thoughts remain with the families of all the victims.
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