Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole


              FILE - Supporters of the family of slain Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen gather before a news conference on the National Mall in front of Capitol Hill, on July 30, 2020, in Washington. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
            
              FILE - Alfred Garza III, father of school shooting victim Amerie Jo Garza, attends a special emergency city council meeting, on June 7, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Two teachers and 19 students were killed during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
            
              FILE - Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)
            
              FILE - Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw walks along the street outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 30, 2022. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old gunman at the school last week. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
            
              FILE - State Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, speaks at a meeting of the House Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary School shooting, on June 9, 2022, at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
            
              FILE - Two family members of one of the victims killed in the shooting at Robb Elementary School comfort each other during a prayer vigil in Uvalde, Texas, on May 25, 2022. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
            
              FILE - A cross hangs on a tree at Robb Elementary School on June 3, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, where a memorial has been created to honor the victims killed in the recent school shooting. Two teachers and 19 students were killed. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed.(AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
            
              FILE - A Texas Department of Public Safety officer keeps watch on June 3, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas, near a memorial outside Robb Elementary School created to honor the victims killed in last a school shooting. As public pressure mounts for more information on the deadly Uvalde school shooting, some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims' families — once the case is closed. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole