With the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School approaching, Uvalde officials respectfully ask the public to leave the town and its residents alone. In an open letter to the public obtained by Texas Public Radio, Uvalde’s mayor, chief of police, superintendent and other officials are asking the public to hold any events or memorials in their own hometowns as opposed to traveling to Uvalde. Coming there would disturb the town’s mourning and healing process, they maintain.