9-Year-Old Boy Shot In Leg During Texas School Shooting Says 'It Sounded Like Fireworks'

Uvalde, Texas -- A 9-year-old boy who is on the road to recovery after getting shot in the leg during the Uvalde massacre has said the school shooting "sounded like fireworks."

The boy's grandmother, who is grateful her grandson survived after the Tuesday incident, recalled being "in a fog" after she found out from her daughter that the boy was shot inside the Robb Elementary School, the New York Post reported.

"I had gone to the civic center because my daughter was waiting for him," she told KENS 5. "I called her, I go, 'there's been a shooting at the school.' She was like, 'Where?' I said at Robb and she's like, 'Oh, no, mom,' you know, her son. She took off over there and I called her she wouldn't answer me and I was like, 'what's going on?' And she's like, 'He was shot.'"

"And I took off, I didn't even know where I was driving to," she added. "I was like in a fog. In a fog. I mean, he's the baby. But now he's home. He's gonna go home and rest now."

The boy later told his grandmother that the shooting sounded like "fireworks" as it unfolded inside the school. "He goes, 'It sounded like fireworks, Grandma.' It was in his classroom," the grandmother told the outlet.

Talking about the injured boy, his grandmother said the bullet luckily did not pierce through any bone or cause "any damage."

"Thank you God. It didn't go through any bone. It didn't do any damage, hopefully no nerve damage and stuff, but he was just released and we thank God for that," she went on to say. "We're praying for all of the children that were taken by this mass murderer. He took a life of a teacher. And all these families are at a loss for everything that's happened."

The school shooting suspect, identified as 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, reportedly shot his grandmother before walking into the nearby school and opening fire. At least 18 elementary students and a teacher were killed in the shooting.

Responding officers fatally shot Ramos at the scene.

The grandmother of the 9-year-old boy who was shot in the leg believes the tragic incident will bring the community closer.

"This is a small town, small community," she told KENS 5. "I know it's going to bring us tighter and closer together. I just I pray for everybody, I do, and I am so happy that my grandson is fine. He's scared right now, he said he was scared but he's fine."