The situation prompted Don McLaughlin, the mayor of Uvalde and a staunch Conservative, to request an investigation by the Justice Department over the weekend, and led a law enforcement union to issue a statement. supporting this research, in part, because “sources that the Texans once saw. as they have now been proven to be false and completely unreliable.”
The reference was to the governor and head of state police, according to a union spokeswoman, the combined Texas law enforcement associations.
Mr.’s agency McCraw, the Texas Department of Public Safety, oversees both the state police and the Texas Rangers, and had been leading the investigation into the shooting and police response until the Justice Department intervened with its own review.
On Wednesday, a state police spokesman, Travis Considine, referred questions to the local district prosecutor’s office and said that from now on, the department will not provide updates on the investigation. District Attorney Christina M. Busbee did not respond to requests for an interview.
State police officials have been forced to change parts of their chronology of events several times, including last week, when it became clear that a school district police officer had not confronted the gunman. before entering school. They did so again on Tuesday, when the department said the gunman did not enter through a door that was open. However, the closed door had not been closed.
“After examining the video evidence we were able to conclude that after opening the door with a stone, the teacher ran back inside when she saw the shooter and removed the rock and the door closed,” he said. Mr. Consider. “Investigators are now looking at why the door did not close properly when it was closed.”
The Justice Department announced its investigation on Sunday and has said the investigation would lead to its own report on what happened at Robb Primary School.