The Uvalde school district police chief has been sworn in as a member of the city council — but he continues to dodge state authorities investigating the law enforcement response into the mass shooting at Robb Elementary, which left 21 people dead.
Pedro “Pete” Arredondo was welcomed onto the Uvalde City Council without fanfare on Tuesday, exactly one week after the deadliest school shooting in the United States since the Sandy Hook Massacre in 2012.
“Out of respect for the families who buried their children today, and who are planning to bury their children in the next few days, no ceremony was held,” Mayor Don McLaughlin said in a statement.
