Texas Ranger Scott Swick Testifies on Uvalde Robb Elementary Crime Scene

Crime Scene Investigation Training and Experience

• 👮 Scott Swick is a Texas Ranger with the Texas Department of Public Safety, possessing extensive law enforcement training since 2003, including specialized crime scene investigation.
• 📚 His training includes in-depth instruction on the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, going beyond initial police academy curriculum.

Classroom 112: Initial Observations

• 📍 Swick was assigned to search classroom 112 at Robb Elementary School on May 24th, 2022.
• 🚪 Photographs presented showed bullet defects on the exterior and interior of the classroom door (112), indicating gunfire from the hallway into the room.
• 💥 The window in the door also sustained damage consistent with gunfire.

Evidence of Gunfire and Projectiles

• 🩸 The majority of bloodstains were located in the northwest corner of classroom 112.
• 🎯 Bullet defects and what appeared to be ricochet rounds were observed on the floor within the room.
• 💥 Shrapnel defects were noted on the interior closet door and the brick wall behind it, suggesting a pathway of projectiles across the room.
• casings were found throughout the room, with one non-LCP .22 caliber casing found in the teacher's desk.

Projectile Trajectories and Evidence Analysis

• 🔫 The presence of more than 30 cartridge casings indicated that a magazine had been changed within the room.
• 🎒 Bullet defects were found through multiple backpacks located in the room.
• 🎯 Analysis of bullet defects on a filing cabinet, bookshelf, and the north wall, along with the use of trajectory rods, helped determine the origin and path of projectiles.
• 💥 Defects on the whiteboard and surrounding wall indicated further gunfire within the classroom, with some suggesting projectiles had passed through furniture like desks.

Window Damage and Further Observations

• 🖼️ The window on the east wall of the classroom showed shrapnel defects in the mini blinds when the curtains were pulled aside.
• 🗄️ A desk in the room contained plastic drawers, one of which held a fired cartridge case.
• 🎯 Some defects showed characteristics suggesting they may have struck other objects prior to impacting surfaces, leading to irregular patterns.