The former Uvalde school police chief made his first court appearance Monday on criminal charges that accuse him of failing to take sufficient action during...
Pete Arredondo has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of child endangerment and abandonment in the 2022 mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers.Former Uvalde schools police Chief Pete Arredondo, shown at a 2022 news conference in Uvalde, was indicted earlier this year along with former Uvalde ISD police Officer Adrian Gonzales, who faces similar charges related to the Robb Elementary School massacre and and pleaded not guilty in July.
Family members of some of the victims attended the procedural pretrial hearing in Uvalde. Another court hearing was scheduled for later this year.Attorneys for Arredondo filed a motion to dismiss the charges, arguing that the former chief should not be held responsible for the actions he didn’t take that day. The judge did not make a ruling on the motion Monday.
The indictment alleges that Arredondo did not follow his active shooter training and made critical decisions that slowed the police response while the gunman was “hunting” victims.Nearly 400 officers from federal, state and local agencies waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the gunman at Robb Elementary. Multiple state and federal investigations have pointed to failures in communication, leadership and training for law enforcement’s response.
A federal review from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility released Thursday found similar breakdowns in communication and command among Border Patrol agents. The former schools police chief and Gonzalez, who was indicted on 29 similar counts of endangerment and abandonment, are the only two officers facing criminal charges.
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