Officers to charge journalists if they don't leave Uvalde school district

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If journalists refused to leave a parking lot at the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District headquarters, officers threatened to charge them with criminal trespassing.

According to a video shared by CNN correspondent Shimon Prokupecz, four officers standing on the sidewalk near the building in Uvalde, Texas, told reporters to leave the premises and warned that Uvalde Police Department officers were on their way to charge them if they stayed.

"Well, just going to let you know, Uvalde PD's en route. Once they get here, they'll start issuing criminal trespasses for the property," an officer said. "Because they themselves asked y'all to leave."

Another officer told reporters that Uvalde police asked the officers on the scene to issue an initial warning.

According to Prokupecz, the school district had petitioned the police to tell reporters to leave the area.

A school spokesperson addressed the media prior to the encounter with law enforcement officials, promising that the school would issue a statement.

He said the official refused to answer his questions about why the door was not locked during the massacre.

"UCISD has and will continue to work with law enforcement who are investigating the event and realize that many questions remain," the statement read. "Because the investigation is ongoing and information is evolving, we are going to reserve comment until all state and federal agencies have completed their review."

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