Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) is requesting an FBI investigation into police conduct during and after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.
Castro, whose San Antonio district lies around 80 miles from Uvalde, made the request for “a complete and comprehensive account of how this tragedy occurred” in a May 26 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray (pdf).
“Today our nation and the state of Texas mourn the 19 children and two teachers murdered at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022,” Castro wrote. “The Uvalde shooting is the deadliest school shooting in Texas and one of the deadliest to take place in the United States….