Shimon Prokupecz (born February 4,[1] 1978) is an American journalist who works as the Senior Crime and Justice Correspondent for CNN.
[2] In 2013, he joined CNN as their crime and justice producer based in Washington, D.C., and later New York City.
[2] Starting in May 2022, he has been covering the Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas, including the related first responder attack timeline controversy.
In June 2022, Prokupecz had an altercation with Uvalde Independent School District Police Chief Pedro Arredondo over his decision to tell police officers to hold off on breaching the classroom where the perpetrator of the shooting killed all his victims.
Prokupecz was threatened with charges of trespassing if he and his news crew did not leave the offices of the Uvalde school district where the altercation took place.