Uvalde school shooter wrote 'LOL' on whiteboard in victims' blood, lawmaker tells families at emotional hearingQuote:
The Uvalde school shooter wrote ‘LOL’ in the blood of his victims on a classroom whiteboard, a Texas lawmaker revealed at an emotional hearing with victims’ families late Tuesday.
The revelation from state Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, who took part in an investigation into the massacre, prompted gasps and sobs from family members of the slain children and teachers.
“The attacker scooped up the blood of his victims and smeared it into his disgusting message,” Moody said. “What he wrote in innocent blood next to that was the phrase 'LOL'.”
The chilling detail came hours into the hearing of a state House committee that started Tuesday morning and stretched past midnight, with the grieving families waiting for hours to testify and plead for stricter gun laws.
The committee is considering a bill that would raise the age to purchase certain semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21. It's legislation that the families and their supporters say they most want passed in response to last year's mass shooting, but which has languished in the face of opposition from Republicans, led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
When their chance to testify finally came, after nearly 13 hours of waiting, the families angrily pleaded with the Texas legislators to do something. Through tears and visible anguish, they testified about their ongoing grief, questioned whether they could have done something to keep their children alive and expressed frustration that they have not seen action on gun laws from state leaders.
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