Gunman was bullied as a child, grew increasingly violent, friends say

“I was like, ‘You’re crazy, bro, why would you do that?’”Ramos said he did it for fun, Valdez recalled.In middle school and junior high, Ramos was bullied for having a stutter and a strong lisp, friends and family said.Stephen Garcia, who considered himself Ramos’s best friend in eighth grade, said Ramos didn’t have it easy in school. He also egged people’s cars, Valdez said.About a year ago, Ramos posted on social media photos of automatic rifles that “he would have on his wish list,” Valdez said. Four days ago, he posted images of two rifles he referred to as “my gun pics.”A person briefed on the investigation’s early findings, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said Ramos bought the weapon used in the attack immediately after his 18th birthday, which was in mid-May.Biden voices grief and anger at school shooting: ‘I’m sick of it’Two months ago, he posted an Instagram story in which he screamed at his mother, who he said was trying to kick him out of their home, said Nadia Reyes, a high school classmate.“He posted videos on his Instagram where the cops were there and he’d call his mom a b---- and say she wanted to kick him out,” Reyes said. Valdez had re-shared a meme that said “WHY TF IS SCHOOL STILL OPEN.”According to a screenshot of their exchange, Ramos responded: “Facts” and “That’s good tho right?” Then Valdez replied: “Idek [I don’t even know] I don’t even go to school lmao.”Ramos never responded to or opened that text message, Valdez said.Just a month or two ago, Garcia said, he called Ramos to check in on him.But Ramos said he was going hunting with his uncle and didn’t have time to talk.