Investigators said Friday that the scene commander at the Uvalde school shooting chose to wait for additional help instead of continuing to attempt entry to a classroom where students had been shot and the gunman barricaded himself behind a locked door.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles officially has a new leader to steer the agency in the wake of the crisis involving the widespread sale of fraudulent paper license plates.

The vehicle used by the suspected gunman who opened fire inside a Dallas hair salon had a type of Texas temporary paper license plate that can make it more difficult for police to locate the owner of the car, NBC 5 Investigates learned.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles says its staff is working with Facebook to block people from using the social media platform to sell fraudulent Texas temporary license plates.

Texas’ paper tag problem goes beyond crooked dealers who sold tags to cash in on black market profits.

A man is in custody, accused of selling counterfeit temporary paper license tags in Dallas, police say.

State lawmakers pressed the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Tuesday for answers about how the agency allowed the illegal sale of temporary license plates to get so out of control.

On Tuesday, Texas lawmakers kick off a series of hearings aimed at stopping fraudsters from selling Texas temporary license plates.

The Texas DMV says nearly three dozen dealers have been kicked out of the state system that allows them to issue temporary paper license tags.

A major safety loophole that allowed unsafe cars to get temporary license plates has been closed by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

Dallas Chief of Police Eddie Garcia said Monday that his officers are now working undercover to stop the illegal sale of Texas paper tags.

The Texas DMV has released more information about its plans to close a loophole that’s allowing unsafe cars to get temporary tags.

NBC 5 Investigates has discovered another loophole in the state’s temporary license plate system that allows people to get temporary plates for unsafe cars that have not passed state safety and emissions inspections.