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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Alejandro Serrano

Uvalde DA gets initial state police report on school shooting but doesn’t expect full investigation for months

Texas Department of Public Safety, Steve McCraw listens to a speaker at a Public Safety Commission Meeting in Austin on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. During public testimony, families of the victims of the Robb Elementary Shooting in Uvalde called for DPS Director Steve McCraw to resign.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw listens to a speaker at a public safety commission meeting in Austin on Oct. 27, 2022. (Credit: Sergio Flores for The Texas Tribune)

State police investigating the Uvalde school shooting have sent an initial report to prosecutors, according to a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The Texas Rangers, a division of DPS, are conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting at Robb Elementary, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in May. Hundreds of law enforcement officers who responded to the school, including those from DPS, did not confront the shooter for more than an hour after initial reports of shots fired.

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