Robb Elementary School principal suspended after being blamed for not fixing a faulty classroom lock that the shooter likely exploited
- Robb Elementary School's principal, Mandy Gutierrez, has been put on paid leave, her attorney said.
- A mass shooting killed 21 people in the school after entering a classroom that had a faulty lock.
The principal of Robb Elementary School, the Texas school where a mass shooter killed 19 children and two teachers earlier this year, has been suspended from her job.
Mandy Gutierrez was placed on paid administrative leave by the Uvalde school district, her attorney Ricardo Cedillo told ABC News and the Associated Press, without giving any further detail.
A report by a Texas House of Representatives investigative committee published on July 17 found that a lock to the classroom where the students and teachers were killed had been broken.
According to the report, Gutierrez testified that the school administration was aware it was broken. But the investigative committee said it was never fixed.
Law-enforcement bodies have also been heavily criticized for their response to the shooting. Uvalde's acting police chief, Lt. Mariano Pargas, and school district police chief, Pete Arredondo, were both suspended following damning reports into how officers failed to deal with the mass shooter.
Last month, Uvalde's mayor also announced that the Robb Elementary School campus would be torn down in light of the shooting.