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Off-duty deputy who responded to Uvalde shooting is fired following arrest for public intoxication

The deputy was sent from Brazoria County to Uvalde as part of a team of eight patrol deputies and two dispatchers

The Independent UK

Uvalde school police chief defends delay in entering classroom

Pete Arredondo said in an interview that he did not consider himself in charge of the scene of the school shooting.

Al Jazeera

Uvalde police chief Pete Arredondo breaks cover to defend himself as a hero

Arredondo says in his first extensive interview he didn’t consider himself the incident commander as the massacre unfolded

The Independent UK

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Uvalde hiring more school police

Texas town's response to botched police school shooting response? Throw more cops at it

Salon

Texas school police chief says he didn’t think he was in charge during shooting

Pete Arredondo says he intentionally left behind radios before entering school, as two more funerals are held for victims of the attack

The Guardian - US

Uvalde School Police Chief Defends Texas Shooting Response

The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in US history said in his first extensive comments, published Thursday, that he did not consider himself the person in charge as the massacre unfolded and assumed someone else had taken control of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Uvalde schools police chief breaks silence on shooting response after fierce criticism

Pete Arredondo told the Texas Tribune he didn't think he was the incident commander.

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Report: Police knew of injured at Texas school while waiting

Police waited for protective equipment as they delayed entering the Texas elementary school where a gunman inside killed 19 children and two teachers

The Independent UK

Over a dozen Uvalde victims were still alive in 80 minute period before police entered school

New details about police delay revealed in report on Thursday

The Independent UK

Uvalde superintendent says district to hire more police

The superintendent of the Texas school district where 19 students and two teachers were fatally shot says the district will hire more police officers in the fall but released no information about the investigation

The Independent UK

School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting

The school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before ordering law enforcement to confront and kill the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a Uvalde City Council meeting, despite being newly elected to the panel

The Independent UK

John M. Crisp: Chief Arredondo’s failure wasn’t the only one in Uvalde

Uvalde school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo is hard pressed to find much sympathy or support anywhere these days.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde's Robb Elementary will become "something other" than school: Superintendent

"We have plans for it to become something other than a school site."

Axios

Police chief had no radio during Texas school shooting: Senator

Loved ones of victims killed at Uvalde, Texas primary school are still seeking answers about law enforcement’s response.

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The Independent UK

Commanding officer who ordered delayed response to Uvalde massacre did not have police radio

Key details reveal how a delayed response may have cost the lives of students inside school

The Independent UK

What did police know as the Texas school shooting unfolded?

As investigators dig deeper into the law enforcement response to the deadly school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, a host of disturbing questions remain about what officers on the scene knew as the attack was unfolding

The Independent UK

Senator: Chief had no radio during Uvalde school shooting

A Texas state senator says the state agency investigating the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde has determined that the commander facing criticism for the slow police response was not carrying a radio as the massacre unfolded

WEKU

Here are the biggest shifts in the official account of the Uvalde school shooting

"There's been a lot of things that have been said — some are correct, some are incorrect," Gov. Greg Abbott said the day after the shooting. But soon afterward, he would correct his own statements.

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The Independent UK

Teacher killed in Uvalde called officer husband but police blocked him from entering school, report says

Eva Mireles was among 21 people killed at Robb Elementary school on 24 May

The Independent UK

Texas senator: School police chief didn't know of 911 calls

A Texas state senator says the commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls from inside the school building

Daily Mirror

Texas shooting: Teacher's police officer husband barred from entering school to save her

Eva Mireles, had been speaking to her police officer husband Ruben Riaz, who was a school district police officer, shortly before she was killed - she is one of two teachers who was killed at a shooting at Robb Elementary School

WEKU

Mourners say goodbye to a Uvalde teacher and her husband

Mourners gathered Wednesday at a funeral for teacher Irma Garcia — who died in the shooting at Robb Elementary School — and her husband, Joe — who died two days later from a heart attack.

The Independent UK

Mourners say goodbye to Uvalde teacher and her husband

Mourners have gathered at a Catholic church to say goodbye to Robb Elementary School teacher Irma Garcia and her husband, Joe

WEKU

Investigators say the Uvalde school district police chief isn't talking to them

Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.

The Independent UK

Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating

The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week’s deadly shooting in Uvalde says he’s talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he’s stopped cooperating

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