Officials will release some surveillance video from the Uvalde school shooting, according to a Texas state legislator.
Local officials have agreed to release footage of the police response that contains “no graphic images or depictions of violence,” according to Dustin Burrows, chairman of the special Texas House committee investigating the school shooting, who said he supports releasing the footage from Robb Elementary School.
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“I can tell people all day long what it is I saw, the committee can tell people all day long what we saw, but it’s very different to see it for yourself, and we think that’s very important,” Burrows said in a hearing Monday.
The footage will provide better context about how the situation unfolded, Burrows said.
Calls for the footage to be released, directed largely at Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin and Burrows, began over the weekend.
The mayor has blasted investigations into the mass shooting, dismissing claims police could have stopped the shooter significantly earlier.
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Nineteen students and two teachers died after a gunman opened fire on May 24 in a Uvalde, Texas, classroom. Disputed timetables of the series of events that led to the shooting have prompted several investigations and cries for greater transparency.
A date for the release of the footage has not been announced.
