City and county officials, including chief deputy Brandon McCutchen, firefighter Justin Schmidt, then-mayor Don McLaughlin, firefighters Paul Stephens and Justin Deorsam, Sheriff Ruben Nolasco and then-County Judge Bill Mitchell (obscured) talk outside the Uvalde County Courthouse early in the morning on Aug. 9.
At this point, the fire - suspected to be arson - had been extinguished.
(Pete Luna|Leader-News) The Uvalde County Sheriff's Office arrested Camp Wood resident John Aubrey Field, 37, with the assistance of Real County on May 13 for the 2023 arson of the Uvalde County Courthouse.