Uvalde schools police chief defends delay in confronting gunman
Pete Arredondo said he hadn’t spoken out sooner because he didn’t want to compound his hometown’s grief or point blame.
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Pete Arredondo said he hadn’t spoken out sooner because he didn’t want to compound his hometown’s grief or point blame.
The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history said in his first extensive comments,...
The Texas school police chief who responded to one of the deadliest classroom shootings in U.S. history says in his first extensive published comments that he didn't consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded.
In his first extended comments since the May 24 shooting, Pete Arredondo gave The Texas Tribune an account of what he did inside the school during the attack.
Criticized by law enforcement experts for slowness in taking out the shooter, Pete Arredondo described an agonizing wait for a key that would work.