The police chief of the Uvalde school district, who was heavily criticized for his slow response to the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers in the Texas town in May, was fired on Wednesday, according to US media.
The board of the Uvalde school district, near the Mexican border, voted in accordance with the Texas Tribune unanimously in favor of his impeachment on Wednesday, three months after one of the worst school shooting massacres in the United States.
Pete Arredondo had decided not to be present at this “illegal and unconstitutional public lynching,” according to his lawyers in a document released hours before Wednesday’s meeting. He asked the district council for his full return to his functions as well as the filing of the “unfounded” procedure against him.
A report points to a “chaotic” situation
Nearly 400 officers from different departments intervened at Robb Elementary School on May 24, but 73 minutes elapsed between the arrival of the first police officers and the death of the killer, an “unacceptable” delay according to a Texas parliamentary investigation commission, the whose conclusions were revealed in mid-July.
His report points to a “chaotic” situation, with a lack of command and “apathetic” agents, while desperate children trapped in the building asked the emergency services for help.
Pete Arredondo “did not assume his responsibility as commander” and made analysis errors because he did not have all the information, according to the commission.
Texas Public Safety Director Steven McCraw called the law enforcement response “an absolute failure.”
After the Uvalde massacre, as well as other murders that shocked the country, the US Congress approved a law at the end of June that establishes new restrictions on firearms, the largest in almost 30 years, but far below what it wanted. President Joe Biden.
Source: BFM TV
