Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting

‘I’m really hoping this is just the beginning of indictments that may be coming down,’ a family member of one shooting victim said.

by Sanford Nowlin June 28, 2024October 13, 2024

‘I’m really hoping this is just the beginning of indictments that may be coming down,’ a family member of one shooting victim said.

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Grand jury called to investigate flawed police response to Uvalde shooting

Twelve jurors selected Friday will review law enforcement’s delayed response during Texas’ deadliest school shooting and recommend possible criminal charges.

by Maddy Rubin, The Texas Tribune January 20, 2024May 23, 2024

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Uvalde victims’ families get an official acknowledgement of botched shooting response — but some want criminal charges

Some relatives of the 21 people killed in Texas’ deadliest school shooting are demanding criminal charges after federal officials say delayed police response cost lives.

by William Melhado and Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune January 19, 2024January 2, 2025

Members of law enforcement lay flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Robb Elementary School.

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Three days after being put on leave, principal of Uvalde’s Robb Elementary is back on the job

Principal Mandy Gutierrez was reinstated after responding to a Texas House committee’s report that accused her of lax security oversight at the school.

by Sanford Nowlin July 29, 2022August 17, 2023

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Uvalde principal placed on leave pushes back against investigation’s findings about school security

In a letter to the Texas House committee investigating the state’s deadliest school shooting, Robb Elementary principal Mandy Gutierrez says school leaders weren’t complacent about security.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune July 28, 2022August 17, 2023

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Ted Cruz says more cops will halt mass shootings, even though it didn’t work that way in Uvalde

Texas’ junior senator added that the passage of the first new gun-reform legislation in decades is likely to ‘do nothing to prevent violent crime.’

by Sanford Nowlin July 22, 2022August 3, 2023

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Uvalde superintendent recommends firing of school Police Chief Pete Arredondo

A Texas House committee investigating the incident blasted Arredondo for failing to lead at the scene of the Robb Elementary School shooting.

by Sanford Nowlin July 20, 2022August 17, 2023

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Document shows Uvalde officials tried to put spin on shooting response, New York Times reports

The head of the Texas Department of Public Safety refused to endorse the document during a ‘heated’ meeting days after the shooting.

by Sanford Nowlin July 19, 2022March 30, 2025

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Report details law enforcement errors at Uvalde shooting, including officer failing to fire at gunman

The report says delays in taking down the gunman could have meant the difference between life and death for some of the wounded.

by Sanford Nowlin July 7, 2022May 20, 2025

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Abortion, Migrant Deaths: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Might as well call this week’s roundup of the Current’s most-read stories the ‘Texas Atrocities Tour.’

by San Antonio Current Staff July 1, 2022August 3, 2023

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Assclown Alert: Calling the Uvalde police response a failure doesn’t let DPS’s Steven McCraw off the hook

It’s telling that State Sen. Roland Gutierrez sued DPS to demand it release information about the law-enforcement response to the shooting.

by Sanford Nowlin June 28, 2022August 25, 2024

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Uvalde mom handcuffed for trying to rescue her kids now says she’s being harassed by local police

Angeli Rose Gomez says Uvalde police are parking outside her home and telling her she’s violated her probation by ‘obstructing justice.’

by Michael Karlis June 27, 2022August 3, 2024

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Texas agencies fight releasing records that could help clarify response to Uvalde school shooting

ProPublica and the Texas Tribune have submitted about 70 requests to state and local agencies for emergency response documentation surrounding the mass shooting at Robb Elementary. Most likely won’t be released publicly for months, if ever.

by Lexi Churchill, ProPublica June 18, 2022August 17, 2023

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Greg Abbott’s handwritten notes raise fresh questions over who ‘misled’ him about Uvalde shooting response

The nine pages of blue ink on white lined paper show how the governor prepared his remarks for a news conference May 25, the day after the shooting — presumably based on information being given to him.