Families of the victims killed in the 2022 Robb elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are calling for further accountability following the indictment of the former Uvalde school police chief. Speaking to NBC after Pete Arredondo, as well as former police officer Adrian Gonzales, were indicted on multiple counts of felony child endangerment and abandonment, […]
Families who lost loved ones in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, said the Thursday arrest of former school district police chief Pete Arredondo is not a “happy moment” and are calling for more indictments. Arredondo, 52, was arrested on an indictment charging him with 10 counts of abandoning/endangering a child in connection […]
The first criminal charges have been brought in Uvalde, Texas, against law enforcement officers involved in the failed response to the deadly Robb Elementary School shooting in 2022. Pete Arredondo, who served as the school district police chief of Uvalde, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday and arrested on 10 felony counts of child […]
The former school district police chief in Uvalde, Texas, who oversaw the response to a 2022 elementary school shooting that left 21 people dead, including 19 children, is in custody on a child endangerment charge, the Uvalde jail said Thursday. Pete Arredondo, 52, was brought in by law enforcement officers and is accused of abandoning […]
The former Uvalde schools police chief has been indicted over his role in the slow police response to the 2022 massacre at a Texas elementary school that left 19 children and two teachers dead, the local sheriff said. Pete Arredondo was indicted by a grand jury on 10 counts of felony child endangerment/abandonment and briefly […]
UVALDE, Texas (Nexstar) — Former Uvalde school district police chief Pete Arredondo has been booked and released on 10 counts of child endangerment for his role in the police response to the second-worst school shooting in American history. It marks the first criminal charges in the highly-scrutinized police response to the May 2022 shooting, in which […]
A Uvalde County grand jury has indicted former school district police Chief Pete Arredondo and another former district officer on charges of child endangerment, the first criminal charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, the San Antonio Express-News reported. Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales face felony […]
This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune. Relatives of 17 children killed and two kids injured in Texas’ deadliest school shooting are suing Texas Department of Public Safety officers who were among hundreds of law enforcement that waited 77 minutes to confront the gunman at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary, lawyers announced last week. “Nearly […]
A new Biden campaign ad has been released honoring the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting in 2022 while criticizing former President Donald Trump on gun control. The ad shows photos of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visiting Uvalde, with text appearing over the images. “Joe Biden expanded background checks and […]
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The families of 19 victims of the Uvalde school shooting announced new lawsuits on Friday against Instagram parent company Meta Platforms, the maker of the video game Call Of Duty and the gun company that made the assault rifle used in the shooting in Texas. The lawsuits against Meta, Activision and Daniel Defense were announced […]
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The 19 fourth-graders and two teachers killed at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, are being remembered as the second anniversary of the one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history is marked. “As we mark this solemn day, may we pray for those we lost, their loved ones, and […]