City Report on Police Response to Uvalde School Shooting Stirs Outrage

Victims’ families say the children hiding in Robb Elementary School classrooms during the May 24, 2022, school shooting showed more courage than the police.

In this photo from surveillance video provided by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District via the Austin American-Statesman, authorities respond to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District/Austin American-Statesman via AP

The families of the victims of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are incensed over a report absolving the police of wrongdoing in their response.

Jesse Prado is a private investigator and retired Austin Police Department detective. The city reportedly paid him $100,000 to investigate the police response to the shooting. He presented his findings at a special meeting of the Uvalde City Council on March 7.