Ranger reinstated after Uvalde-related suspension, New Mexico wants Texas' medical workers

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- The Texas Department of Public Safety reinstated a Texas Ranger in early August after a suspension over his response to the May 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

In May 2022, a lone gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in conjoined classrooms at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. It took 77 minutes for law enforcement officers from dozens of agencies to breach the classroom and take down the 18-year-old gunman. In total, there were 376 law enforcement officers who responded.

DPS Director Steven McCraw informed Texas Ranger Ryan Kindell on Aug. 2 that he would be removed from suspension and allowed to return to his position in Uvalde County, according to documents obtained by Nexstar on Aug. 5. A grand jury in the county determined Kindell did not break protocol or laws in his response to the mass shooting.

McCraw previously told Nexstar that he was waiting on the completion of an internal criminal investigation, as well as the Uvalde County grand jury findings, before making a final decision about Kindell's job status.

"I have decided to...