Pete Arredondo, the former chief of the school district police in Uvalde, Texas, was indicted and arrested over his actions during the police response to the 2022 school shooting in which a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, the Uvalde County sheriff said on Thursday.
Arredondo is currently in our custody,” the sheriff, Ruben Nolasco, said in a text message, adding that Mr. Arredondo was being held on the charge of “abandoning/endangering of a child.”The indictment, which comes more than two years after the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School, is the first set of criminal charges stemming from the shooting and suggests failures in the police response beyond poor decision-making.
A second former officer was also indicted over his actions that day, according to two people briefed on the grand jury’s decision but who requested anonymity to share the findings before they were made public.
The second officer, who worked under Mr. Arredondo at the school Police Department, was not in custody as of Thursday evening, Mr. Nolasco said.
Persons:
Pete Arredondo, “ Mr, Arredondo, Ruben Nolasco, ”, Nolasco
Organizations:
Robb Elementary School, Police Department
Locations:
Uvalde , Texas, Uvalde