The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) must soon begin releasing public records related to law enforcement’s response to the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a district court judge in Austin ruled on June 29.
Judge Daniella Deseta Lyttle agreed with a request made by a string of media outlets, including CNN, CBS, NBC, The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Texas Tribune, and others to release documents related to the deadly massacre after the publications last year sued the state department for failing to do so.
In a lawsuit filed in August, the publications had requested that 911 calls, radio traffic, officer body camera footage, police reports, training materials, and school surveillance footage be released, arguing that failing to publish such information violated state law….