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El Paso Teacher Remembers Former Student Killed In Walmart Shooting

Students are back for the first day of school Monday in El Paso, Texas, at the city’s largest school district. It’s been a little over a week after 22 people were killed in mass shooting at a local Walmart. The youngest victim was 15-year-old Javier Amir Rodriguez.

Here & Now’s Robin Young speaks with Javier’s former teacher, Adrian Barrios, who teaches social studies at Ricardo Estrada Middle School in El Paso.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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