The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District on Monday released records related to the May 2022 mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
The school district released the records after a Texas appeals court last month upheld a lower court’s ruling ordering their disclosure, following a legal battle with media outlets that sued to obtain the records.
The records include former Uvalde schools police chief Pete Arredondo’s personnel files and text messages with other officers. Arredondo was terminated from his role after the incident.
In one message, a district secretary texted the chief at around 11.40 a.m. that someone had just called and reported hearing gunshots outside the school, adding that “they went ahead and locked themselves down.”…