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Pete Arredondo is now the first officer to lose his job over the police response to the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.

The meeting comes less than two weeks before the new school year begins in Uvalde.

UVALDE — The Uvalde school board agreed Wednesday to fire Pete Arredondo, the school district’s police chief broadly criticized for his response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history,

After remaining mostly silent under a barrage of criticism, Arredondo defended his response to the shooting and said his rights had been infringed upon.

The Uvalde school district has fired police chief Pete Arredondo, under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers over letting a gunm

The Uvalde school district’s embattled police chief has been fired following allegations that he made several critical mistakes during a mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead

The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arrendondo on Wednesday.

The chief, Pete Arredondo, has been criticized for waiting too long to rescue students and teachers trapped in two classrooms with the gunman.

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

The Uvalde school districts embattled police chief has been fired following allegations that he made several critical mistakes during a mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead.