The police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas, made critical decisions that slowed the law enforcement response to stop a gunman who was 'hunting' victims and ultimately killed 21 people at Robb Elementary, according to an indictment.
Former Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo posted bond on the charges against him tied to the tragic 2022 shooting.The police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas, failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his training and made critical decisions that slowed the law enforcement response to stop a gunman who was "hunting" victims and ultimately killed 21 people at Robb Elementary, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.
The first U.S. law enforcement officer ever tried for allegedly failing to act during an on-campus shooting was a campus sheriff's deputy in Florida who didn't go into the classroom building and confront the perpetrator of the 2018 Parkland massacre. The deputy, who was fired, was acquitted of felony neglect last year. A lawsuit by the victims' families and survivors is pending.
More than 370 federal, state and local officers converged on Robb Elementary, but they waited more than 70 minutes before confronting the shooter, even as the gunman could be heard firing an AR-15-style rifle. Terrified students inside the classroom called 911 as agonized parents begged officers - some of whom could hear shots being fired while they stood in a hallway - to go in. A tactical team of officers eventually went into the classroom and killed the shooter.
In an interview with the Texas Tribune two weeks after the shooting, Arredondo insisted to took the steps he thought would best protect the lives of students and teachers.
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