Sen. Gutierrez says it’s time for DPS to accept responsibility and the Legislature to Act.
OFFICIAL ST
ATEMENT : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE :Tuesday, October 20, 2022
San Antonio, Texas – A new joint-report by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and The Washington Post “for the first time show[s] that communication lapses and muddled lines of authority among medical responders further hampered treatment” for victims at Robb Elementary after “law enforcement’s well-documented failure to confront the shooter who terrorized the school for 77 minutes.” [Texas Tribune, Dec. 20, 2022]
“Three victims who emerged from the school with a pulse later died. In the case of two of those victims, critical resources were not available when medics expected they would be, delaying hospital treatment….”
Click here to read the story by The Texas Tribune, ProPublica, and The Washington Post.
“With every news story on Uvalde, the cover-up unravels. We have evidence that the complete lack of command, control, and communication led to a failed law enforcement response to kill the shooter and a failed medical response to save the children and teachers. DPS failures and delays by first responders resulted in lives lost,” said Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez. “Uvalde families were let down by their government and the people sworn to protect them on May 24th. In the months since, Governor Abbott, DPS Director McCraw, and DA Mitchell Busbee have kept Texans in the dark. The elections are over. It’s time for the coverup to end.”
“In a few weeks, the Texas State Legislature will convene for the first time since the massacre at Robb Elementary. I pray my colleagues will join us to hold DPS accountable, take common-sense steps to stop gun violence, and do right by Uvalde families.”
Texas Tribune Quote
From the Texas Tribune Article:
“Law enforcement’s well-documented failure to confront the shooter who terrorized the school for 77 minutes was the most serious problem in getting victims timely care, experts said. But previously unreleased records obtained by The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and The Washington Post for the first time show that communication lapses and muddled lines of authority among medical responders further hampered treatment.”
