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El Paso Matters challenges secrecy over Walmart shooting investigation records
The news organization says state police have withheld investigative files for years, keeping public records about the 2019 attack sealed.
- El Paso Matters filed a lawsuit seeking to end near-total secrecy surrounding records from the 2019 Walmart mass shooting investigation.
- The news organization wants the El Paso District Attorney’s Office and city to release investigative records under the Texas Public Information Act.
- The Texas Attorney General’s Office agreed with the city and district attorney that the investigation was covered by child-abuse confidentiality rules.
- El Paso Matters argues that officials misread Texas law and that the child-abuse rule cannot justify withholding all records.
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El Paso Matters challenges secrecy over Walmart shooting investigation records
El Paso Matters filed a lawsuit Thursday asking a state judge to lift a blanket of near-total secrecy on records in the 2019 Walmart mass shooting held by El Paso police and prosecutors.
·New York, United States
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