By Jake Bleiberg and Acacia Coronado, AP After the massacre at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School in May, Jesse Rizo was worried about his old friend, police chief Pete Arredondo. Blame for the botched police response was being directed heavily at Arredondo when Rizo texted him just days after the shooting: “Been thinking of and praying … Read more
By Jake Bleiberg, AP The Uvalde school district’s police chief was put on leave Wednesday following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell said that he put schools police Chief Pete Arredondo on administrative leave … Read more
WATCH: Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw criticizes law enforcement response in #Uvalde school shooting calling it “an abject failure.” MORE: https://t.co/UZ2mN4Lrm8 pic.twitter.com/zXwxJRBS1r — KXAN News (@KXAN_News) June 21, 2022 By Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg, AP Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman … Read more
From the AP . . . Police in Uvalde still haven’t committed to speaking to a Texas House committee investigating the May 24 massacre at an elementary school and the law enforcement response that day, the lawmaker leading the probe said Friday. Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows said his committee was in conversations with the … Read more
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