TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTER SALVADOR RAMOS

Texas school shooter salvador ramos was bullied at school because of the clothes he wore and because his family was poor, former classmate says

A close friend of Salvador Ramos, 18, said the shooter used to be made fun of for his clothing and because his family was poor.

He said Ramos began showing up to class less and less from the bullying and 'slowly dropped out.' "He barely came to school,' the friend, who didn't want to be identified, said.

The friend said the pair kept up with each other occasionally through Xbox messages, but had largely lost contact after Ramos graduated. However, Ramos - who had purchased two rifles on his 18th birthday just days before the shooting - sent the friend pictures of his guns and magazines. When asked why he had it, Ramos reportedly replied: 'Don't worry about it.'

While the motive for the massacre is not yet known, one neighbor told local news channel Newsy that he witnessed Ramos, who worked at a Wendy's, arguing with his grandmother, claiming he was 'angry that he did not graduate.'

He said the grandmother then screamed: 'He shot me, he shot me', before Ramos zoomed down the street' and crashed his car before embarking on his killing spree. which also counted two much-loved teachers, bringing the death toll to at least 21.

According to the Post, the shooting took place the day after his classmates had graduated. His grandmother has reportedly survived but was critically injured, reported Reuters.

His neighbor Ruben Flores, 41, said he had a pretty rough life' with his mother and that he had tried to be a father figure to the teen.

He claimed to the post that police had previously visited his maternal home, on Hood Street, and that the troubled youth argued often with his mother before moving to his grandmother's house across town a few months ago.

Meanwhile, his Wendy's co-workers told the Daily Beast that he had an 'aggressive streak' and would send inappropriate messages to female employees. They also branded him 'quiet' and 'anti-social."