Uvalde accuses district attorney of hampering shooting response inquiry

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The metropolis of Uvalde is suing the native district attorney, accusing her of withholding information an impartial investigator must conduct an inside affairs investigation of the police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting.

City officers employed Jesse Prado of JPPI Investigations LLC to conduct the inner affairs inquiry. The go well with filed Thursday names Christina Mitchell, Uvalde County district attorney for the thirty eighth Judicial District, because the lone defendant. It seeks a decide to compel Mitchell, who couldn’t be instantly contacted for remark, at hand over all related regulation enforcement investigative data and supplies from all regulation enforcement companies.

“The internal affairs investigation by Prado is ongoing, but it is significantly restricted by the scope of evidence available to Prado by defendant,” the go well with alleged.

In a press release concerning the go well with, metropolis officers mentioned the Uvalde group had “waited entirely too long for answers and transparency” concerning the May 24 shooting and the extensively criticized regulation enforcement response.

“Despite the City of Uvalde’s efforts to amicably obtain the necessary investigative materials for its ongoing Uvalde Police Department’s Internal Affairs investigation, the District Attorney has blocked the City’s ability to obtain critical information to assess its officers’ actions and compliance with police department policies and expectations,” they mentioned in a press release. “From day one, the city’s focus is on helping the entire Uvalde community, parents who lost children, children who lost parents, and young survivors navigate through the healing process.”