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Uvalde police chief placed on leave amid outrage over shooter inaction

Pete Arredondo is blamed for police waiting 77 mins before intervening as 19 children and two teachers were killed

The Guardian - US

Embattled Uvalde schools police chief placed on leave as investigations continue

AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, who has faced blistering criticism for his decision to keep officers at bay while a school shooter was in a classroom with children, was placed on administrative leave late Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde school police chief Pete Arredondo put on leave as tactics deemed ‘abject failure’

Police scrutinised for hour-long delay in engaging gunman who killed 21

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Uvalde school police chief on leave after mass shooting

The Uvalde school district’s police chief has been put on leave following allegations that he erred in his response to a mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead

The Independent UK

Uvalde schools police chief placed on leave amid fierce criticism of school shooting response

The move comes weeks after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Uvalde CISD police Chief Pete Arredondo, one of the first to respond, and state officials have provided differing stories about what happened inside the school.

The Texas Tribune

Texas ag commissioner proposes armed guards at school cafeterias

Experts said the plan, announced at the state GOP convention on Saturday, is not realistic and possibly not legal.

The Texas Tribune

Texas state senator sues DPS for Uvalde shooting records

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas state senator representing Uvalde sued the Texas Department of Public Safety Wednesday for refusing to disclose records related to the May 24 Robb Elementary School shooting.

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Uvalde schools police chief put on administrative leave

Arredondo was put on leave due to the lack of clarity that remains in Uvalde shooting investigation.

Axios

Ghastly shootings, political forces align to prompt gun deal

Last month's mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, have produced a groundswell for change in Congress

The Independent UK

State Sen. Roland Gutierrez sues DPS for not releasing Uvalde shooting records

State and local Uvalde officials have fought the release of records that could provide clarity on the botched emergency response to the shooting that killed 19 children and two educators.

The Texas Tribune

New photo captures heavily armed officers outside Uvalde classroom 46 minutes before shooting gunman

The photo was taken at 12.04pm on 24 May – 46 minutes before officers with a Border Patrol unit finally breached the classroom at 12.50pm and killed Salvador Ramos

The Independent UK

Texas mental health services hadn’t reached Uvalde before shooting as teacher says gunman ‘scared’ her

The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium was launched in response to the 2018 school shooting in Santa Fe to try to prevent similar tragedies from happening in future

The Independent UK

Rockets join Texas sports consortium for Uvalde community support

Through the “Sport for Healing Fund,” the Rockets are teaming up with the Spurs, Mavericks, and other organizations on a new investment to provide support for the Uvalde community.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Texas Senate resumes Uvalde hearing that mayor calls ‘Bozo the Clown show’

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas Senate committee examining the Uvalde shooting will hold its second day of testimony Wednesday.

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The Guardian - US

Trevor Noah on Uvalde cops: ‘What were they waiting for? The invincible star from Mario?’

Late-night hosts discuss the police’s school shooting failures, the third January 6 hearing and Pence still sticking with Trump

Salon

Cops detained Uvalde teacher's husband

Longtime Uvalde Officer Ruben Ruiz had conducted the district's active-shooter drill just weeks earlier

Al Jazeera

Texas mass shooting: Mayor says Uvalde school to be demolished

A gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in an attack at the Texas school in May.

The Independent UK

Top Texas cop: Uvalde police response was 'abject failure'

The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure.”

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The Texas Tribune

Before the school shooting, Uvalde was known for a 1970 Hispanic student walkout. Its aging participants fear its spirit and memory are fading.

Daily Mirror

Texas school where gunman shot dead 19 children and two teachers to be demolished

Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin said a child or teacher "can never be asked to go back in that school ever" in an announcement made during a council meeting on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Uvalde officer was detained by colleagues as he tried to save teacher wife who called him to report shooter

‘He was detained and they took his gun away from him and escorted him off the scene’

Evening Standard

Uvalde shooting: Texas school where 21 people killed to be demolished

A Texas elementary school where 21 people were shot and killed is to be demolished.

The Guardian - US

Texas shooting: school in Uvalde where 21 were killed will be demolished, says mayor

Mayor Don McLaughlin says: ‘You can never ask a child to go back, or teacher to go back, in that school ever’

The Independent UK

Robb Elementary School: Site of Uvalde shooting to be demolished, says mayor

‘You can never ask a child to go back or teacher to go back in that school, ever,’ says Uvalde mayor

The Texas Tribune

Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad

Relatives of the victims and other members of the community also called for the ousting of Pete Arredondo, who is the police chief of the city’s school district and a newly elected council member.

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