The Uvalde school district's chief of police will not be sworn in today as a new member of the city council. Pete Arredondo was elected earlier this month and was supposed to take the oath today.
The Department of Justice will investigate police decisions from the Uvalde school shooting. A former chief prosecutor talks to FOX 4 about what that investigation might include.The blame for an excruciating delay in killing the gunman at a Texas elementary school -- even as parents outside begged police to rush in and panicked children called 911 from inside -- has been placed with the school district's homegrown police chief.
The 50-year-old Arredondo has spent much of a nearly 30-year career in law enforcement in Uvalde, returning in 2020 to take the head police job at the school district. Juan Torres, a U.S. Army veteran who was visibly upset with reports coming out about the response, said he knew Arredondo from high school.
At a candidates’ forum before his election, Arredondo said: "I guess to me nothing is complicated. Everything has a solution. That solution starts with communication. Communication is key."
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