His lawyer took questions from reporters in Houston on Friday, saying his client may have made bad decisions but should not be held criminally responsible.
The fallout continues after former Uvalde CISD Police Chief Pete Arredondo spoke out for the first time. A day after CNN aired its interview with the former school police chief following the murder of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, lawyer Paul Looney took questions from the media. "It’s tragic to try to cleanse the situation on the backs of somebody who did his dead-level best as Pete Arredondo did," he said.
The Justice Department slammed the response and noted the top priority is always to stop the active shooter first even if that puts officers in danger.Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales were both indicted in July on multiple counts of child endangerment. They are the only two law enforcement officers charged so far.Brett Cross lost his son Uziyah Garcia in the shooting. He took to social media to respond to Arredondo’s statement that he avoids watching police video from inside the school.
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