Texas DPS officers face an investigation into Uvalde shooting response

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Five Texas Department of Public Safety officers who responded to the Uvalde college shooting in May will face an investigation into their actions at Robb Elementary, the company mentioned.

The officers had been referred to the inspector basic’s workplace, which is able to decide if the officers violated any insurance policies of their response to the deadliest college shooting in Texas historical past, mentioned DPS spokesperson Travis Considine. The inspector basic’s workplace may even decide if the 5 officers will face disciplinary actions.

The investigation was first reported by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE.

More than 300 legislation enforcement officers from two dozen native, state and federal businesses responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary, the place a gunman killed 19 youngsters and two academics. A Texas House committee that investigated the shooting discovered that after officers had been initially pushed again by gunfire, they waited greater than an hour to re-engage the gunman, a delay that would have price lives.

Law enforcement officers have confronted fierce criticism for the delayed response in confronting the gunman. Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo testified earlier than the House committee that he believed the shooter was a “barricaded subject” as an alternative of an “active shooter” after seeing an empty classroom subsequent to the one the place the shooter was when the gunman had already fired off greater than 100 rounds in lower than three minutes. Arredondo was largely blamed for the delayed confrontation and was fired last month.

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