State Senator Roland Gutierrez said there hasn’t been more information about the shooting because the governor « doesn’t want you to see what’s going on. »
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been accused by a Texas state senator of withholding details about Saturday’s mall shooting.
Democratic Senator Roland Gutierrez said Monday that little information has emerged about the shooting, in which eight people were killed and seven others injured, because Abbott has directed law enforcement officials to « keep it quiet. »
« Ever since [the shooting in] Uvalde, we’ve seen mass shootings across this nation, and cops come out and they tell you who died, who the shooter was, they tell you what the motivation was, and they do it all within 24 hours. Hell, they do it all within a few hours, » Gutierrez said during a press conference. He represents Uvalde, where 19 children and two teachers were shot to death at an elementary school last year.
« But you don’t see it here [in Texas], and you don’t see it here because there’s one man in a center office in this building that doesn’t want you to see what’s going on, » the senator said. « And he tells his top cop, ‘You’re in control here man. Keep it quiet.' »
On Saturday afternoon, a gunman opened fire at a crowded mall in Allen, a Dallas suburb, before a police officer killed him.
