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Pete Arredondo has taken the brunt of the criticism for how local police officers handled the incident on May 24

The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers over letting a gunman at Robb Elementary School remain in a fourth-grade classroom for more than an hour with an AR-15 style rifle as 19 children and two…

Chief Pete Arredondo is the first officer dismissed over the police response to the May 24 tragedy at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

Washington (AFP) - The widely criticized police officer in charge of the response to the Uvalde, Texas school shooting that saw 19 children and two teachers killed was fired Wednesday, US media reported.

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State officials called Pete Arrendondo’s leadership during shooting an ‘abject failure’

Families of the 21 victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary had been demanding Arredondo be fired since details became clear of the law enforcement failures that day.

Pete Arredondo was seen as the "incident commander" overseeing law enforcement's response to the shooting.

Chief Pete Arredondo refused to attend the meeting where the school board voted to terminate his employment, citing concerns for his own safety.

School police chief has been on leave since June

Uvalde school officials have faced mounting pressure to fire Arredondo, who received much of the blame for the delay in confronting the shooter during the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary.