A grand jury has begun sending subpoenas to officers involved in the response to the shooting, 21 months after the investigation began.
UVALDE, Texas — A Uvalde grand jury has issued multiple court orders for law enforcement officers who responded to the Robb Elementary School shooting to appear for testimony beginning next week, according to multiple sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.
This development represents significant progress in this 21-month-old investigation. In addition to reviewing a trove of evidence in the case – and reviewing both oral and written statements from many of the officers – the grand jury wants to hear directly from those officers themselves.
Multiple sources confirm to KVUE and the Austin American-Statesman the issuance of the grand jury subpoenas, but state law prevents them from publicly confirming who received them or how many were issued.
Testimony is set to start next week at the Uvalde County courthouse.
It is not known whether officers who received them are targets of the investigation or will provide testimony as witnesses.
Parents and Uvalde residents have been asking for accountability for the officers involved for over a year – a call that grew in July 2022 when video obtained by KVUE showed officers pacing in the hall for more than an hour rather than immediately acting.
The Uvalde district attorney Christina Mitchell has said for months that she plans to take the case to grand jury to determine whether any of the 376 officers who responded to the shooting would face charges that could include child endangerment.
The grand jury investigation is expected to take weeks – perhaps months. Nine out of the 12 grand jury members are required to vote for indictment before any can be issued.
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