Uvalde leaders admit they did not release all video footage of 2022 school massacre

UVALDE — Uvalde The city leaders admit that they do not have all Video recordings They benefited from the botched police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022.

The release of the documents and records followed an agreement between the city and a coalition of major news networks, including CBS.

City officials released a wealth of documents and videos last week, but said they had discovered more.

A statement said additional videos were found when a Uvalde police officer pointed out that his bodycam footage was missing. When they looked, they found these and several other files.

The Uvalde Police Chief ordered a review to determine how this additional footage could have been missed, and the District Attorney is now reviewing these videos.

“The community and public of Uvalde deserve nothing less,” Uvalde Police Chief Homer Delgado said in the statement.

It was not immediately clear what the unreleased video shows. Those files have yet to be made available to the public.

The Law enforcement response – nearly 400 officers waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the gunman in a classroom full of dead and injured children and teachers – was widely condemned as a massive failureDozens of police officers stood in the hallway, trying to decide what to do. In the classroom, students called 911 on their cell phones and begged for help. Desperate parents gathered outside the building begged police to go inside. Eventually, a response team entered the classroom and killed the shooter.

Several federal and state investigations into law enforcement’s slow response revealed problems with training, communication, leadership and technology, raising questions about whether officers put their own lives ahead of those of children and teachers. Families of the victims have long been looking for an explanation for the slow response of the police.

Two officers who responded that day expect criminal charges. Former Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo and former school official Adrian Gonzales both pleaded not guilty to several counts of child abandonment and endangerment.

Some families called for the indictment of additional officials and filed federal and state lawsuits against law enforcement agencies, social media, online gaming companies and the gun manufacturer that made the shooter’s rifle.