Staehle, 39, told TMZ that he and Pierre returned to Louisville Saturday, and he turned his son over to his parents at a park.

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin and state Sen. Roland Gutierrez are asking Gov. Abbott to remove the district attorney from oversight of a compensation fund for victims.

The DA said that the state charges carry a mandatory life sentence with no possibility of parole if the suspect is indicted.

What was supposed to be a day of national celebration turned into a day of tragedy and fear when a gunman killed seven people and injured dozens of others at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois.

At issue is what harm access to the Capitol could do if the defendant's request is met.