Felix Rubio and Kimberly Mata-Rubio attended a ceremony for their 10-year-old daughter, Lexi, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24th. Lexi received a good citizen award and recognition for getting all A grades in her classes. .
Her parents did not expect her daughter to die that day when a gunman opened fire inside the school.
“This photo, his last photo, was taken at about 10:54 a.m. To celebrate, we promised to make him an ice cream that night. We told him we loved it and would pick it up after lunch. “School. I still see it. She, walking with us to the exit. In the reel that continues to move through my memories, she turns her head and smiles at us again to acknowledge my promise. said Kimberly Mata-Rubio to lawmakers during a House hearing. on armed violence.
“I left my daughter at this school, and that decision will haunt me for the rest of my life,” she said, crying.
He then returned to work at Uvalde Leader-News and learned of a shooting at the police scanner.
The parents found out that their son was safe, but they could not find their daughter. Felix Rubio is an Assistant Patrol Officer at the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office.
“We focused on finding Lexi. She arrived bus after bus. But she wasn’t on board. We knew there were kids at the local hospital, so we drove to give her the description. She wasn’t there. My father drove an hour and a half to San Antonio to see the University Hospital. “We didn’t have our car at this point. The traffic was everywhere. So I ran. I ran barefoot with my fragile sandals in my hand. I ran a mile to school.” “My husband and I sat outside for a while before he returned. It is clear that we will not receive a response from law enforcement on the scene.”
Back in Uvalde, they discovered that her daughter had been murdered.
“We don’t want you to think of Lexi as a number. She was smart, compassionate, and athletic. She was calm, shy, unless she had a reason to say it. When she knew she was right, as she often did. keep it firm. It was firm, direct, the voice unshakable, “said Mata-Rubio.