The young victims of the Texas school shooting massacre
- Shattered families in mourning after teen gunman sowed carnage at Robb Elementary School in Texas
- The shooting was the deadliest such incident since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut
Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, a fourth grader at Robb Elementary, was beaming with pride on Tuesday in a family photo posted on Facebook by her mother showing the girl holding an “A” Honour Roll certificate she earned for excellent school grades.
Hours after the photo was taken, a gunman burst into Alexandria’s classroom and killed her, 18 other children and two teachers in the deadliest US school shooting in nearly a decade.
“We told her we loved her and would pick her up after school,” said Alexandria’s mother Kimberly Mata-Rubio in the Facebook post. “We had no idea this was goodbye.”
Mata-Rubio was one of many who shared memories of their murdered relatives and friends on social media. The posts were heart-breaking to read.
“My baby you didn’t deserve this,” Veronica Luevanos, the mother of fourth grader Jailah Silguero, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. The post also mourned the girl’s classmates, teachers and cousin Jayce Carmelo Luevanos, who also were killed in the shooting.
When thinking back on her deceased sister Tess Mata, Faith Mata said she mostly remembers the fun times they had together.