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Texas lawmaker says Uvalde police agree to cooperate with probe

Since the shooting in Uvalde, Texas Republican leaders in the state have called for more mental health funding, but not new gun restrictions [Lisa Krantz/Reuters]

Police in the town of Uvalde, Texas have agreed to speak to a committee investigating a massacre at a primary school last month that killed 19 children and two teachers, according to a United States lawmaker leading the probe.

Republican representative from Texas Dustin Burrows signalled impatience with Uvalde police, tweeting that most people had fully cooperated with their investigation “to help determine the facts” and that he did not understand why the city’s police force “would not want the same.”

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