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The Latest Breaking News from Pete Arredondo

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

The Independent UK

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.

Al Jazeera

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Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down

The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down

The Independent UK

Uvalde school shooting: Heartbreaking 911 call from 10-year-old girl pleading with police to help released

‘I’m in classroom 11. Please hurry. There is a lot of dead bodies,’ she is heard whispering on the call

Evening Standard

One student repeatedly called 911 during the Uvalde shooting, reports say

A series of miscommunications from nearly 400 members of law enforcement led to long wait times for those stuck inside Robb Elementary School, where 19 students and two teachers died.

WEKU

Uvalde school district suspends entire police force amid anger

Move comes as families continue to demand answers over the police’s handling of May school shooting that left 21 dead.

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Uvalde school district suspends entire police force in wake of shooting

It comes after police chief Pete Arredondo was fired in August

The Independent UK

Uvalde schools hire — and then fire — former DPS trooper under investigation for shooting response

Gov. Greg Abbott said the school district knew the ex-trooper “had actions inconsistent with training and department requirements.”

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde protesters hold vigil, demand that school district suspend officers

Brett Cross launched the protest Sept. 27, joined by other Uvalde families who say the school district hasn’t held five of its officers accountable for their part in law enforcement’s delayed action during the May 24 shooting.

The Texas Tribune

“It needs to stop”: Mass shooting sparks a wave of political activism in Uvalde

The father of one shooting victim has launched a write-in campaign for county commissioner. Other parents have traveled to Austin and Washington, D.C., to pressure elected officials to support stricter gun laws.

The Texas Tribune

Texas DPS director says he wishes his agency had taken control over the police response to the Uvalde shooting

The state’s top law enforcement agency also told USA Today that seven officers have now been referred to its internal affairs division, including two who are command staff.

The Texas Tribune

Five Department of Public Safety officers face a formal investigation over Uvalde shooting response

Hundreds of law enforcement officers from several local, state and federal agencies have been heavily criticized for the delayed response in confronting the gunman during the worst school shooting in Texas history.

The Texas Tribune

Police officers involved in disastrous Uvalde shooting response could return to school, parents learn

Some residents left frustrated at lack of answers

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The Texas Tribune

Uvalde residents question the school district’s new safety plans for first school year since mass shooting

Uvalde trustees are unsure if officers who will provide school security this year were part of the delayed response to the shooting at Robb Elementary.

The Texas Tribune

“We’re not done”: Uvalde residents say the fight for accountability won’t stop with Pete Arredondo’s firing

Some parents and community members are calling for more school district employees to be fired and for the state to raise the minimum age for buying an assault rifle.

The Independent UK

Broken trust still felt in Uvalde as school year approaches

The firing of Uvalde's embattled school police chief hasn't satisfied or reassured many Uvalde residents as a new school year approaches

Salon

Fired Uvalde chief plays the victim

Arredondo "respectfully requests the Board immediately reinstate him, with all backpay and benefits"

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The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Uvalde police chief fired for school shooting response

Pete Arredondo defends law enforcement response to attack that left 21 dead. Plus, Missouri school district to reinstate corporal punishment

Evening Standard

Uvalde police chief fired for botched response to school shooting

Pete Arredondo has taken the brunt of the criticism for how local police officers handled the incident on May 24

France 24

Uvalde, Texas school board sacks police chief after mass shooting

The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers over letting a gunman at Robb Elementary School remain in a fourth-grade classroom for more than an hour with an AR-15 style rifle as 19 children and two…

Wales Online

Uvalde school board fires police chief over response to mass shooting

Chief Pete Arredondo is the first officer dismissed over the police response to the May 24 tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

The Independent UK

Uvalde police chief fired months after overseeing disastrous response to school massacre

State officials called Pete Arrendondo’s leadership during shooting an ‘abject failure’

WEKU

Uvalde school police chief fired 3 months after botched response to school shooting

Families of the 21 victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary had been demanding Arredondo be fired since details became clear of the law enforcement failures that day.

Axios

Uvalde school board fires police chief Pete Arredondo over mass shooting

Pete Arredondo was seen as the "incident commander" overseeing law enforcement's response to the shooting.

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