Former Uvalde School District Police Chief, Pete Arredondowas indicted two years after a mass shooting at an elementary school left 21 people dead.
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Based on CNNArredondo indicted along with former school police officer Adrian Gonzales. The couple also faces felony charges of “child abandonment and endangerment.” The charges against the couple are believed to be “the first criminal charges filed in the school massacre,” the newspaper noted.
NBC News adding that Uvalde prison confirmed that Arredondo was “admitted to the facility” on Thursday, June 27.
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According to this source, earlier this year, the Department of Justice released a 600-page report related to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that occurred on May 24, 2022. The report concluded that ” “Poor coordination, training and implementation” of active shooter protocols among Uvalde school officers led to their unsuccessful response.
Additionally, the report asserts that rather than “engage” with the active shooter, officers “withdrew” after his first gunshot. The officers allegedly failed to “advance…and continually eliminate the threat.”
NBC News noted that the gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was “locked in a classroom with 33 students and three teachers” at the time.
Ultimately, the report asserts that it took officers at least 70 minutes to confront and kill Ramos. Furthermore, the police officer’s “failed” response left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Additionally, seventeen other people were reported injured.
Based on NBC NewsArredondo was fired by the Uvalde school board in 2023.
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