Uvalde school board unanimously votes to fire school Police Chief Pete Arredondo, three months after a shooter killed 19 children and two teachers.
The Uvalde school board voted unanimously Wednesday evening to terminate the contract of police chief Pete Arredondo after meeting in a closed session. Arredondo didn't attend the meeting, with a statement from his attorney saying the district wasn't following legal procedure as it moved to fire him and he didn't feel safe attending the meeting.[Previous story, published at 7:09 p.m.
The Uvalde schools superintendent has recommended that Arredondo be fired. State officials identified Arredondo as the on-scene police commander, though he has said he did not consider himself in charge. The attacker remained in two adjoined classrooms for more than an hour before officers entered the rooms and killed him, authorities say.
But Arredondo told a Texas House investigative committee that he did not consider himself the incident commander -- echoing comments he made to the Texas Tribune in June.In a preliminary report released July 17, the Texas House panel placed blame more broadly, outlining a series of failures by multiple law enforcement agencies.
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