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Former Uvalde School Police Chief Charged Over Mass Shooting Response

A former school district police chief in the US state of Texas has been charged and arrested over the response to a 2022 elementary school shooting that left 21 people dead, including 19 children, US media reported Thursday.

International Business Times

Uvalde cops charged with endangerment

Chief Pete Arredondo and Officer Adrian Gonzales were charged with abandonment and child endangerment

Salon

Former Uvalde school police chief and officer indicted over Robb Elementary response, reports say

The former Uvalde schools police chief and another former officer have been criminally charged for their role in the slow police response to the 2022 massacre in a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead, according to multiple reports Thursday

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Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response

Pete Arredondo, the former chief, and former officer Adrian Gonzales face felony charges of abandoning or endangering a child.

The Texas Tribune

Biden sends letter to families of Uvalde school shooting victims with calls for gun control

"In the 2 years since, they have made their voices heard — and our country has listened," the president said

Latin Times

Uvalde families reach settlement, launch historic lawsuit against 100 officers for school tragedy response

The $2 million settlement with the city also includes the promise of higher standards and better training for local police

Latin Times

Uvalde settles for $2m with victims’ families of 2022 Texas school shooting

City will also overhaul police force and create memorial for victims of shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers

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Uvalde school district police chief resigns a year after stepping into job

Joshua Gutierrez was hired after his predecessor, Pete Arredondo, was fired following his inaction to the shooting at Robb elementary school

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Nearly two years after the Uvalde massacre, here’s who has been reprimanded and where investigations stand

As a grand jury considers whether any law enforcement officers are criminally charged for their inaction during the Robb Elementary shooting, some families say they feel they’ve been let down and betrayed by elected officials.

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde report clears local officers

Families were infuriated by praise for local law enforcement in a report on the Robb Elementary School shooting

Salon

Two law enforcement officials criticized in DOJ report for Uvalde response advance in reelection efforts

Sheriff Ruben Nolasco and Uvalde County Constable Emmanuel Zamora were named in the Justice Department’s blistering criticism of responding officers in its January report.

The Texas Tribune

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw testifies before grand jury investigating Uvalde school shooting

McCraw, the state police chief, traveled to Uvalde to appear before a grand jury considering criminal charges against officers for their botched response to the 2022 school shooting.

The Texas Tribune

DOJ report exposes failures in Uvalde school massacre response

Learn about the scathing DOJ report on the Uvalde school massacre, which reveals the failures of law enforcement and the ongoing fight for justice by griev...

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Uvalde Shooting Reveals 'Cascading Failures' and Lack of Urgency: Justice Department Report

The DOJ found that police officers "demonstrated no urgency" in the situation, as required, and did not treat it as an active shooter scenario

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The Independent UK

School shooter’s ‘ex-girlfriend’ charged with making threats to Uvalde community

Victoria Gabriela Rodríguez-Morales claimed she and gunman Salvador Ramos had planned the shooting together

Texas Observer

DPS Still Avoiding a Public Hearing on Uvalde Massacre

By delaying an appeal, Director Steve McCraw is postponing a reckoning.

Al Jazeera

‘We want justice’: Anger in Uvalde a year after school shooting

Victims’ family members upset over lack of law enforcement accountability and progress on gun laws.In

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde school shooting: What we know one year later

Twenty-one people died at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022. The mass shooting and delayed police response spurred calls for stricter gun laws.

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The Independent UK

Bodycam reveals police forcibly removing mom of Uvalde victim from son’s school

The Texas department of public safety had opened an investigation into the incident

Salon

Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

Police told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle

The Independent UK

Police waited an hour in Uvalde because they feared gunman’s AR-15, investigation finds

State officials called police repsonse ‘abject failure’

The Texas Tribune

“He has a battle rifle”: Police feared Uvalde gunman’s AR-15

In previously unreleased interviews, police who responded to the Robb Elementary shooting told investigators they were cowed by the shooter’s military-style rifle. This drove their decision to wait for a Border Patrol SWAT team to engage him, which took more than an hour.

The Independent UK

Uvalde police chief admitted he chose to prioritise students outside classroom one day after mass shooting

Pete Arredondo told investigators that he wanted to protect students in other classrooms from the gunman

The Independent UK

‘She would’ve survived’: Chaotic medic response to Uvalde shooting may have lead to unnecessary deaths

Police have also been criticised for hour-plus it took to take down gunman

Al Jazeera

Uvalde police chief who delayed during school shooting steps down

Mariano Pargas, who came under scrutiny over his response to deadly Texas shooting, resigns amid calls he step down.

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