Video released on Tuesday shows police officers in a hallway at Robb Elementary School during the mass shooting in May.
to the Uvalde shooting on May 24. The police chief on the scene, Pete Arredondo, formally left the Uvalde city council at Tuesday's meeting as the council accepted his resignation.State Representative Dan Burrows is leading a legislative investigation into the shooting and had planned to share the footage with the families before its release.
"There's no reason for the families to see that. I mean, they were going to see the video, but they didn't need to see the gunman coming in and hear the gunshots. They don't need to re-live that, they've been through enough," McLaughlin said on Tuesday. The mayor said that"all news agencies knew" the city was working with the Texas House committee investigating the event to release the footage to families."I am angry that the victim's families and the Uvalde community's request to watch the video first before it was made public did not happen," the mayor said.
"I share Representative Burrows' disappointment, and believe that watching the entire video of law enforcement's response or lack of response is also very important to understanding what happened on May 24," McLaughlin went on. "Regardless, it is unbelievable that this video was posted as part of a news story with images and audio of the violence of this incident without consideration for the families involved. I continue to stand behind my statements that full transparency and consideration for the families involved. I continue to stand behind my statements that full transparency and consideration for the families remains the priority as it relates to this incident," he said.
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