The Texas House Committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting will meet in Uvalde this afternoon to release its preliminary report to the public.
Before releasing the report, the committee will first meet in private with the families of the 21 people who lost their lives in the shooting.
"It's my understanding that the investigation by the Texas House will be presented to the families this Sunday," Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.
"It's important for the families to learn first-hand what that investigation has turned up so far."
The committee also plans to release a video from the shooting that could shore more of what happened inside the school. Some footage was already posted online a few days ago by the Austin American-Statesman newspaper.
The footage shows police officers waiting in the hallway of Robb Elementary school before moving in to confront the shooter. This has drawn criticism from the families, politicians, and other law enforcement agencies.
"You run toward that danger and encounter that danger. You have to eliminate the shooter as quickly as possible. From what I have seen from the video, it looks like that policy was not followed," Abbott said.
Texas Police Chiefs Association President and North Richland Hills Police Chief Jimmy Perdue said officers on the scene did not follow the established procedures for an active-shooter situation.
"We are supposed to go push the issue, push toward the gunman, stop the killing," Perdue said. "That just did not occur. That was not the right decision and one that I'm sure they regret as well, but one we're going to have to assess as a profession."
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