Here’s where things stand in Uvalde two years after the shooting at Robb Elementary School.
, victims’ families are still looking for answers and action since a gunman stormed Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, and killed 19 students and two teachers.
The settlement calls for a new “fitness for duty” standard for Uvalde police and a commitment to enhanced department training. It also establishes May 24 as an annual Day of Remembrance and calls for creating a public memorial at the Plaza. “In fact, for 77 agonizing, harrowing minutes, children and staff were trapped with an active shooter. They experienced unimaginable horror,” the DOJ report states. “The survivors witnessed unspeakable violence and the death of classmates and teachers.”
Officers described the shooter over the radio as “barricaded” or “contained.” Yet within four minutes, 911 dispatch reported they had received calls from victims within the classrooms. “I don’t want to die. My teacher is dead,” one of them said. Children and staff were not adequately medically evaluated and some injured students were released without the proper care. Another parent found “hundreds of shards of glass embedded” in their child’s skin that night and spent “hours pulling the glass out.”
11:33 a.m. — He enters the school through a closed but unlocked door, walks to classrooms 111 and 112, and opens fire on their doors from the hallway. The two classrooms are connected by an interior door. 12:48 p.m. — Officers open the door to room 111, which was likely unlocked. A minute or more goes by before the officers enter the room and engage the shooter.
Then-Mayor Don McLaughlin announced the investigation in July 2022. In the report, Prado said he was contacted by City of Uvalde Attorney Paul J. Tarski on July 15, 2022. Pargas stepped down in November 2022. If Pargas had remained on the force, Prado said he should be exonerated. He recommended all officers also be exonerated.
Officers tried 28 times to radio through when they were in the hall and approaching the rooms. The dispatchers and responding officers were not able to hear them., Prado said he believed Uvalde police officers did not commit any wrongdoing or violate policy in their response to the shooting. “These families deserve more. This community deserves more... They deserve a thorough investigation, a thorough explanation,” Luevano said. “I’m sorry but I don’t accept this report without further explanation and y’all shouldn’t either.”Uvalde Mayor Pro-Tem Everardo Zamora said they took the advice of their attorneys, the Tarski Law Firm, in hiring Prado.The new elementary school in Uvalde is under construction.
He announced his resignation less than a week after Prado released his Independent Expert Investigative Report that cleared city police of missteps in the response. Sheriff Ruben Nolasco, who responded to the shooting, is seeking reelection. The Republican won 39% of the votes in the March primary and will face former Texas Department of Public Safety official Otto Arnim in the May 28 runoff. There was no Democrat on the primary ballot.
Since the shooting, Nolaso and sheriff’s office personnel have attended ALERRT Level 1 training, the report states. He has also taken “some” ICS classes, the report states.
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