Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response

Former Uvalde school police Chief Pete Arredondo and a former officer have been indicted on charges of child endangerment in connection with the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, the San Antonio Express-News reported., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.

The charges come more than two years after the May 24, 2022 shooting, in which a lone gunman killed 19 fourth graders and two teachers. Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell convened a grand jury in January to investigate law enforcement’s delayed response and to determine whether to bring criminal charges against any of the nearly 400 federal, state and local officers involved in the response. Law enforcement officers waited 77 minutes to confront the gunman, who was ultimately shot and killed by Border Patrol officers.

The botched law enforcement response has been widely criticized, including in a U.S. Justice Department report. That report documented failures in leadership, and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland noted that lives could have been saved had law enforcement acted sooner. In the months following the shooting, about a dozen officers were fired, suspended or retired. Arredondo was fired about three months after the shooting. He was listed as incident commander on the school district’s active shooter response plan.Just in: Former U.S. Rep.

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