AUSTIN, Texas — A key state lawmaker in Texas vowed Tuesday to release surveillance video from inside Robb Elementary School during the May 24 mass shooting, a move he says is intended to provide transparency to the families of the 21 victims despite guidance from the local district attorney that the footage remain under wraps.
Rep. Dustin Burrows, the chairman of a special Texas House panel investigating the school shooting, tweeted early Tuesday that his committee planned to meet with members of the Uvalde community this coming Sunday to"provide them an opportunity to see the hallway video and discuss our preliminary report.
Late Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is running for reelection, joined Rep. Burrows and Uvalde's mayor in calling for the footage to be made public.
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