Texas county votes to release Uvalde school shooting records, ending legal battle
- Uvalde County commissioners voted 2-1 Monday to release records related to the Robb Elementary shooting, ending a yearslong legal battle.
- A Texas appeals court on July 16 upheld a judge's order, prompting the Uvalde school board’s and county’s release votes.
- Uvalde County records include incident and 911 reports, ballistics and evidence logs, as well as body-worn and security camera footage and student files for the shooter.
- Family members of the victims pressed for public disclosure during Monday’s meeting, with Jesse Rizo, uncle of 9-year-old victim Jackie Cazares, urging commissioners to release the records.
- Neither the county nor the school district has said when the records will be released, as the Texas Department of Public Safety contests a separate lawsuit.
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Houston— County leaders in which 19 students and two teachers were killed during a massacre in 2022, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, voted Monday to release records related to the shooting, ending a several-year legal dispute over disclosure. Uvalde County commissioners voted 2-1 to release the documents and set aside an appeal to a lawsuit that a group of news organizations—including The Associated Press— had filed in 2022 to make t…
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