DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response

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DPS reinstates Texas Ranger fired for Uvalde shooting response
Criminal JusticeDepartment Of Public SafetyUvalde County
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Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw said he made the decision after the Uvalde district attorney found no criminal wrongdoing and asked that Ranger Chris Kindell be allowed to return to his job.

Texas Ranger Christopher Ryan Kindell outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde on May 24, 2022, when 21 people 19 children and two adults were killed by a gunman. Kindell's firing by was reversed this month.The Texas Department of Public Safety has reinstated a Texas Ranger who the agency previously attempted to fire for failing to respond appropriately to the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting.

“Ranger Kindell has worked diligently to serve the citizens of Uvalde County for approximately seven years and has been the lead investigator on several complicated cases, from child sexual abuse to murder cases,” Mitchell said in an email. “It was time that Ranger Kindell got back to work serving Uvalde County.”

Because grand jury investigations in Texas are secret, it is not entirely clear what evidence the jury considered, though The Texas Tribune confirmed that McCraw was among those who appeared as witnesses.

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