The former police chief of the Uvalde School District, Pete Arredondowas charged two years after a shooting at an elementary school that left 21 people dead.
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More on the historic charges against the former police chief of the Uvalde School
According to CNN, Arredondo was charged along with a former school police officer Adrian Gonzales. In addition, the two are charged with a felony count of abandonment and endangerment of a child. The newspaper points out that the charges against the two are allegedly the “first charges related to the school massacre.”
NBC News adds that the Uvalde prison confirmed that Arredondo was “admitted to the facility” on Thursday, June 27.
Here is the reason Pete Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales Were accused
According to the source, the Justice Department released a 600-page report earlier this year on the mass murder at Robb Elementary School, which occurred on May 24, 2022. The report concluded that Uvalde school officials' “lack of coordination, training and implementation” of school shooting protocols led to their unsuccessful response.
Additionally, the report alleged that after the shooter fired his first shot, officers “withdrew” instead of “engaging” him. Officers allegedly did not “proceed further… and did not continuously engage to eliminate the threat.”
NBC News points out that the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was “locked in a classroom with 33 students and three teachers” at the time.
Finally, the report claims that it took officers at least 70 minutes to confront and kill Ramos. Furthermore, the officer's “failed” response contributed to the killing of 19 children and two teachers.
In addition, seventeen other people were reportedly injured.
According to NBC News, Arredondo was fired by the Uvalde School Board in 2023.
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