Uvalde mayor says he supports releasing 77-minute hallway footage

• The footage is likely to be released on Monday and will "bring clarity to the public, to the families and to the survivors," McLaughlin said in a statement, per ABC.

The big picture: McLaughlin has been a vocal critic of the Texas Department of Public Safety's (DPS) management of the investigation.

• Friday's statement comes after he disputed a report from the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT), a Texas State University training center for active shooter situations.
• The report had said that a police officer armed with a rifle had watched the gunman walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot.
• He has repeatedly said Texas DPS is releasing contradictory information and perpetrating "false leaks."