KSAT 12 and more than a dozen media organizations have filed a lawsuit against the City of Uvalde, the Uvalde County Sheriff’s Office and the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District seeking access to records related to the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School.
The body camera footage that has been released shows a clear lack of direction and communication among the responders.
The law enforcement agencies and school district have refused to release other records related to the May 24 massacre, citing an exemption due to a pending investigation.The lawsuit argues that there is no ongoing criminal investigation since the deceased shooter, Salvador Ramos Jr., acted alone. “For more than three months, the City of Uvalde, Uvalde CISD and Uvalde Sheriff’s Office have resisted the community’s calls for transparency and accountability,” said Laura Lee Prather, a First Amendment lawyer at Haynes Boone who represents the plaintiffs. “Their obfuscation has only prolonged the pain and grief of this tragedy. Today we are asking the Uvalde District Court to heed the call of the community and recognize that the public is entitled to these records under Texas law.
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