The Latest Breaking News from Pete Arredondo

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead

Arredondo has faced criticism over the botched response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary.

We wish that we had a clear explanation for law enforcement’s tragically slow response to a gunman threatening and then murdering 19 children and two teachers in their elementary school in Uvalde. That, however, requires a greater commitment to transparency.

‘The other night we were exercising, and we had a cop parked at the corner like, flickering us with his headlights,’ Ms Gomez claimed during a recent interview

The sister of a 9-year-old girl killed in the Uvalde school rampage tearfully pleaded with Texas lawmakers to pass gun safety legislation and questioned why so many security measures failed

The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School left 19 students and two teachers dead

Pete Arredondo is blamed for police waiting 77 mins before intervening as 19 children and two teachers were killed

Washington (AFP) - The head of the Uvalde school district police force -- who oversaw the response to the school shooting in which 19 children were killed last month in Texas -- has been suspended, the superintendent said Wednesday.

AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who has faced blistering criticism for his decision to keep officers at bay while a school shooter was in a classroom with children, was placed on administrative leave late Wednesday.