Uvalde’s Former Schools Police Chief Has Been Indicted for His Role in Robb Elementary Shooting Response

A Uvalde County grand jury has indicted former school district police chief Pete Arredondo and another former district officer on charges of child endangerment, the first criminal charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, the San Antonio Express-News first reported.Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales face felony charges of abandoning or endangering a child, the newspaper reported.The charges come more than two years after the May 24, 2022 shooting, in which a lone gunman killed nineteen fourth graders and two teachers.Uvalde County district attorney Christina Mitchell convened a grand jury in January to investigate law enforcement’s delayed response and to determine whether to bring criminal charges against any of the nearly four hundred federal, state, and local…

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