Uvalde mom who rescued kids claims police harassment ongoing

The Uvalde, Texas, mom who gained fame after sharing her harrowing story of rescuing her two kids from Robb Elementary College through the Might mass taking pictures claimed police are harassing her.

Angeli Gomez has noticed marked police autos parked close to her location even weeks after the taking pictures and alleges that officers are nonetheless watching her. Gomez is selecting to talk out about it to native information shops in hopes that the conduct stops.

“They stated they may arrest me for tampering with an open investigation of an energetic shooter,” Gomez claimed.

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Consequently, Gomez employed lawyer Domingo Garcia.

“I feel she has been a sufferer of horrible injustice — and, frankly, intimidation — with individuals beneath the badge for telling the reality and her story of making an attempt to avoid wasting her children,” Garcia stated.

Gomez was initially arrested on the scene when she tried to intervene whereas a mass shooter was on the free at her kids's faculty. After police launched her, she jumped a fence and entered the college, returning with not solely her personal two kids however all the youngsters that had been with them on the time. In the end, 19 kids and two adults had been killed through the taking pictures, which left one other 14 wounded.

Uvalde colleges Police Chief Pete Arredondo has since resigned from his place on the Metropolis Council however retains his place with the division amid ongoing controversy surrounding the police response to the taking pictures.

Police haven't responded to Gomez's claims.