Lt. Mariano Pargas, who was the acting police chief on the day of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, stepped down from the Uvalde Police Department on Thursday, just days before city leaders were to decide his fate.
Pargas was with the department for 18 years and announced Thursday that he would retire, said Gina Eisenberg, president of The Eisenberg Group, a communications firm representing the Uvalde mayor’s office.
The Uvalde City Council was set to discuss Pargas’ termination during a special meeting Saturday.
