Breaking: The Uvalde school board has fired Pete Arredondo, the school district’s police chief criticized for his response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.
, a San Antonio Democrat whose district includes Uvalde, also attended the meeting.Gutierrez said other law enforcement agencies also failed in their response and urged residents to keep pushing for accountability.In the Wednesday letter to trustees, Arredondo’s legal team also directed blame back at the school district for allegedly not taking the police chief's security advice.
“If the school district would have prioritized Chief Arredondo’s request over a year prior to the incident, for key-card locks, better fencing, better training, and more equipment, [it] could have been different,” the letter said. The Texas House committee’s report investigating the shooting also cited the school’s lack of preparedness for an armed intruder. School board members did not speak about their decision and quickly adjourned the meeting after their vote to terminate Arredondo.
Arredondo was elected to the Uvalde City Council a few weeks before the shooting but wasn’t sworn in until after the massacre. After missing several meetings, Arredondo stepped down from his District 3 seat to “minimize further distractions,” he said.was killed in the shooting, said Arredondo’s termination would help people begin healing. But he also said that other law enforcement officers and agencies should be held accountable.“The audacity,” he said.
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