JUST IN: Uvalde school board unanimously approves Police Chief Pete Arredondo's termination.
, the school district's police chief, exactly three months after the school shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.Dr. Hal Harrell, center, and members of the Board of Trustees of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District stand for a moment of silence before a termination hearing to decide the employment fate of Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo in Uvalde, Texas, Aug. 24, 2022.
Hyde claimed that the district did not file proper legal procedures in proceeding with disciplinary action and that follow-up requests for access to district complaints or investigations "have been ignored by the district," calling the proceedings an "illegal and unconstitutional public lynching." A student reacts after she spoke to members of the Board of Trustees of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District during a termination hearing to decide the fate of Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo in Uvalde, Texas, Aug. 24, 2022.Arredondo has been the target of criticism for the delayed response to the May 24 tragedy.
School officials have continued to face pressure to hold officers accountable for the 77 minutes it took before law enforcement breached a classroom door and killed the 18-year-old gunman. Parents, students and families attend a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District for a termination hearing to decide the employment fate of Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo in Uvalde, Texas, Aug. 24, 2022.
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