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June 28, 2024

Ex-Uvalde Schools Police Chief Indicted over Botched Response to 2022 Mass Shooting
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In Texas, the former Uvalde schools police chief and another former
officer have been indicted over their role in the botched response to
the 2022 massacre at Robb Elementary School. Pete Arredondo, the former
Uvalde schools police chief, and Adrian Gonzales, a former officer, were
charged Thursday with multiple counts of felony child endangerment and
abandonment. Arredondo was fired three months after the mass shooting.
Three hundred seventy-six law enforcement officers responded to the mass
shooting that day, but it took 77 minutes for anyone to enter the
classroom where the gunman was slaughtering children. Nineteen children
were killed, as well as two teachers.


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