UVALDE, Texas — Uvalde school board officials will consider Wednesday whether to fire Pete Arredondo, the school district's police chief, exactly three months after the school shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers.
Arredondo has been the target of criticism for the delayed response to the May 24 tragedy.
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District recommended that Arredondo be fired. The Uvalde school board canceled its July 23 special session to consider the district's recommendation"in conformity with due process requirements, and at the request of his attorney." According to an investigative report by the Texas House of Representatives into the events of May 24, the school district's written active shooter plan assigned Arredondo"to assume command and control" during an active shooter incident.
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