Uvalde Shooter’s Cousin Is Arrested Over Making a School Shooting Threat, Court Records Say

Flowers and candles are placed around crosses at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 28, 2022, to honor the victims killed in the school shooting. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

SAN ANTONIO—The teenage cousin of the gunman responsible for the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has been arrested after his family told police he was trying to buy a gun and “do the same thing,” court records show.

Police in San Antonio took the 17-year-old cousin into custody Monday on charges of making threats to a public place and a family member. He was being held in the Bexar County jail on a $160,000 bond Tuesday, jail records show.