Twenty months after deadly Uvalde school shooting, multiple investigations have yet to be released

The U.S. Department of Justice just released its investigation into law enforcement’s response to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. But at least three other investigations have not yet been released to the public.

by Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune January 22, 2024July 16, 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

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Judge says DPS must release documents related to Uvalde shooting response

The state police agency had been withholding nearly all of its records on law enforcement’s botched response to Texas’ deadliest school shooting. DPS will have an opportunity to redact the files before they are released.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune June 30, 2023August 16, 2023

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Everything we saw at San Antonio’s chalk art memorial for the Uvalde shooting victims

by Nina Rangel May 25, 2023

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Texas Sen. Roland Gutierrez of San Antonio files more bills to improve post-Uvalde school safety

‘I support law enforcement 100%, but under no circumstances should they have allowed what happened that day,’ Gutierrez said.

by Sanford Nowlin January 24, 2023December 19, 2023

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‘The fight goes on’: Families of Uvalde shooting victims hoped for change that didn’t come

The families of some of the 19 children killed at Robb Elementary rooted for Beto O’Rourke, hoping he would help change Texas gun laws. They left disappointed but determined to fight on.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune November 12, 2022August 17, 2023

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Texas state trooper who responded to Uvalde shooting fired amid investigations into police response

Department of Public Safety Sgt. Juan Maldonado is the first state police officer fired in the aftermath of a botched police response to the shooting. He was the highest-ranking state trooper to initially respond to Robb Elementary School.

by Zach Despart and William Melhado, The Texas Tribune, and Lomi Kriel, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica October 22, 2022July 16, 2024

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Assclown Alert: Praising Kanye’s antisemitism with former Texas Rep. Jonathan Stickland

The former Republican Texas House member gleefully thanked Ye for a tweet broadly condemned as antisemitic.

by Sanford Nowlin October 19, 2022June 20, 2025

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Erik Cantu, DeLorean Legal Woes: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Four of the Current‘s 10 most-read stories of the week involved Erik Cantu, a 17-year-old shot by a now-fired police officer.

by San Antonio Current Staff October 14, 2022July 25, 2024

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San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich goes ballistic over Gov. Greg Abbott’s failure on guns

‘Our governor, our lieutenant governor … they have done nothing since that massacre to make it more difficult for the next massacre to take place,’ Popovich said.

by Sanford Nowlin October 10, 2022July 28, 2025

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Ted Cruz unable to name a single Uvalde victim only days after meeting with dead child’s family

The moment was captured in now-viral video of a confrontation between Cruz and a heckler on a plane.

by Michael Karlis September 16, 2022December 26, 2024

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U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz blows off plea from Uvalde victim’s parents for gun law reform

‘That was really disheartening because this is our representative,’ the dead child’s mother said.

by Abe Asher September 15, 2022December 18, 2024

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Texas’ top cop told his captains ‘no one’ would be fired over Uvalde police response, notes show

DPS Director Steven McCraw also said agency leaders for the Uvalde region ‘did what they are supposed to do’ and ‘stepped up to meet the moment,’ meeting notes show.

by Sanford Nowlin September 9, 2022August 15, 2024

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Families of the Uvalde shooting victims denounce Gov. Greg Abbott’s inaction on gun reform

The governor has made a vocal enemy in the families of Robb Elementary shooting victims, who are demanding a special legislative session to reach a compromise on an age limit to purchase automatic rifles.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune August 28, 2022September 15, 2024

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

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News organizations sue Texas Department of Public Safety for withholding info on Uvalde shooting

The coalition includes the Texas Tribune, the Washington Post, the New York Times Co., CNN and other major outlets.

by Sanford Nowlin August 2, 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