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Who is Nathan James Cruz? Uvalde shooter Salvador Ramos’ cousin threatens to ‘do the same thing’ in a drunken rant

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Olivia House

Published Jan 30, 2026

Cousin of Uvalde shooter captured after supposedly taking steps to ‘do likewise’
The 17-year-old was captured on Monday morning and accused of conveying intimidations to a public spot and a relative
The suspect was recognized as Nathan James Cruz

A year after the Uvalde slaughter where a shooter killed 21 individuals, including 19 kids – his cousin was captured for conveying claimed intimidations to ‘do exactly the same thing’ in a plastered tirade to relatives.

At the point when the youth purportedly cautioned relatives that he was setting up a fierce assault, the kid’s mom developed concerned and dialed the police. She uncovered that the family lived near a primary school and that her child had been endeavoring to get an AR-15 in a confidential arrangement.

As per police reports, the 17-year-old was confined on Monday morning and charged with conveying intimidations to a relative and a public area. Nathan James Cruz was named as the suspect.

Cousin of Uvalde mass shooter accused of threatening to shoot up school & shoot a family member

Nathan James Cruz, 17, was arrested on a felony charge of making a terroristic threat to a public place and a misdemeanor charge of making a terroristic threat against a family member…

— Crime With Bobby (@crimewithbobby) August 8, 2023


Who is Nathan James Cruz?

Cruz purportedly took steps to kill his sister in the head and said that he would likewise “shoot the school,” as per a testimony that was incorporated with the report. Moreover, as indicated by his mom, he made the agitating remark that “school was beginning soon,” which she found in the midst of different remarks. The parent guaranteed that the young person was inebriated when he allegedly conveyed the intimidations and that he is currently waiting on the post trial process.

Despite the fact that there are currently no records accessible, any earlier allegations against the young person would have been brought while he was as yet a minor. As per prison records, he is accused of conveying a terroristic intimidation to the overall population, a crime, and conveying a terroristic intimidation to a relative, a misdeed.

At the Uvalde school in May, Cruz’s cousin Salvador Ramos killed nine to eleven-year-old guiltless young people as courageous educators gave their lives to safeguard the understudies. In the deadliest school slaughter since Sandy Snare a while back, the shooter shot dead 22 individuals altogether in the wake of killing 19 understudies and two educators in a solitary homeroom. The assailant was shot dead by police, who likewise brought the loss of life to 22.

In a conference, it came out that Ramos had committed an extremely malicious demonstration not long prior to leaving. Rep. Joe Touchy, a leftist from El Paso who serves in the Texas House, said: “The assailant gathered up the blood of his casualties and spread it into his sickening message. Close to that (whiteboard), he had written in honest blood the word, Haha”

More distant family individuals were concerned that Cruz would emulate his cousin’s example. Bond had not been set on one or the other charge actually Monday evening.