Texas state senator sues state for records on Uvalde shooting

Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez (D) is suing the state’s Department of Public Safety (DPS) for denying him records relating to last month’s Uvalde elementary school shooting.

The senator announced Wednesday he is suing the department after filing an open records request asking for information authorities have obtained about the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting, which left 21 people dead. 

Gutierrez said he filed the request on May 31, with the department having 10 days by law to respond to the request.

The Department of Public Safety has not sought an attorney general opinion regarding the request and their failure to do so means the documents, by law, are presumed “to be subject to required public disclosure and must be released,” a statement from the state lawmaker says.