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School officials in Uvalde, Texas, on Monday released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School, ending a yearslong legal battle over public access to the material.
The records include emails between top school district officials and also text messages and emails to and from school police officers on the scene. The release also contains the personnel file of former schools police chief Pete Arredondo, who has been described as the on-scene commander of the law enforcement response.
Media organizations, including TEGNA Texas (WFAA in Dallas-Fort Worth, KHOU in Houston, KVUE in Austin, KENS in San Antonio, KCEN in Waco-Temple-Killeen, KYTX in Tyler-Longview, KBMT in Beaumont-Port Arthur, KIII in Corpus Christi, KWES in Midland-Odessa, KIDY in San Angelo, and KXVA in Abilene) and the Associated Press sued the district and county in 2022 for the release of their records related to the mass shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.