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Uvalde Mayor Claims Cover Up In School Shooting

July 6, 2022 at 11:47 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told CNN he’s lost faith in Texas leaders investigating how law enforcement responded to the shooting at his town’s elementary school that killed 19 children and two adults.

Said McLaughlin: “I’m not confident… I think it’s a cover-up.”

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