It’s a monumental moment that has given some survivors hope for change, nearly 12 years after 26 first graders and educators were killed in the shooting.
Families attended a court hearing for Pete Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales, charged in connection with the failure to confront a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
A 49-year-old bystander was hospitalized in critical condition following the shooting that began when police officers confronted a man trying to evade the fare, authorities said.
The review by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Professional Responsibility is the first to specifically scrutinize the actions of the 188 Border Patrol agents.
Authorities say Joseph A. Couch wounded five people, shooting randomly from a cliffside onto drivers along Interstate 75, before he fled into the woods.
They were interviewed after threats about a school shooting were posted online. The teen denied making them. He has since been charged with killing 4 people at Apalachee High School.