AUSTIN, Texas – Roland Gutierrez is stuck.
He’s stuck in a very specific moment. The San Antonio state senator who represents Uvalde is watching videos for the first time of the horror that unfolded at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022.
Gutierrez watches as the attacker comes into frame, tosses his hair and enters two classrooms. The gunshots ring out. He watches for 77 excruciating minutes as state, local and federal police are stalled in the hallways, with the occasional loud reports of more shots from an 18-year-old’s newly purchased AR-15.