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The Texas Tribune
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Jason Buch

Criminal cases in South Texas are unraveling because of a Texas Ranger’s suspension after the Uvalde shooting

Christina Mitchell Texas DPS Uvalde Texas Department of Public Safety Steve McCraw Department of Public Safety Police Texas Tribune Murder
Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022, when 19 people — 17 children and two adults — were killed by a gunman.
Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, when 19 children and two adults were killed by a gunman. (Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife bodycam)

Late in the afternoon on Sept. 8, just hours after hammering out a plea deal for a teenage client accused of capital murder, defense attorney Leigh Cutter received a text from Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell: “I need to disclose something to you. Call me when you can.”

On the phone, Mitchell had a bombshell revelation: Christopher Ryan Kindell, the Texas Ranger who’d led the investigation of Cutter’s client, had been suspended while the Texas Department of Public Safety — the agency that oversees the Rangers — investigated his role in the law enforcement response to the horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead.

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