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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gino Spocchia

Pete Arredondo: Uvalde police chief blamed for botched response will not be sworn in as council member amid funerals for shooting victims

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The school district police chief blamed for officers not storming the fourth grade classroom where 19 children were killed last week in Texas will not be sworn into the council as scheduled.

Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was elected to Uvalde City Council with nearly 70 per cent of the vote on 7 May and was due to be sworn in on Tuesday after campaigning on community outreach, as the Uvalde Leader-News reported earlier this month.

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